Viṣṇu-Nārāyaṇa : Changing Forms and the Becoming of a Deity in Indian Religious Traditions

Schmücker, Marcus; Wilden, Eva; Schreiner, Peter; Schmid, Charlotte; Young, Katherine K.; Rastelli, Marion; Oberhammer, Gerhard; Colas, Gérard; McCann, Erin

doi:10.1553/978OEAW88650

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Schmücker, Marcus

Wilden, Eva

Schreiner, Peter

Schmid, Charlotte

Young, Katherine K.

Rastelli, Marion

Oberhammer, Gerhard

Colas, Gérard

McCann, Erin

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Austrian Science Fund (FWF); Austrian Science Fund (FWF); AG Universitätsverlage

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English

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Abstract

The contributions collected in this volume deal with the complex history of the Indian deity Viṣṇu-Nārāyana. This conception of God evolved in various traditions in India, especially in South India, during the first millennium CE. The history of this development is reconstructed here by various means, including philological exegesis, the history of ideas, and iconographic evidence.

Die in diesem Band versammelten Beiträge behandeln die komplexe Geschichte der indischen Gottheit Viṣṇu-Nārāyana. Diese Gottesidee entwickelte sich während des ersten nachchristlichen Jahrtausends in verschiedenen Traditionen Indiens, insbesondere in Südindien. Ihre Geschichte wird mithilfe philologischer Exegese, Begriffsgeschichte und ikonographischer Zeugnisse rekonstruiert.

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https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/87178

Keywords

Indology; ÖFOS 2012 -- HUMANITIES (6) -- Linguistics and Literature (602) -- Linguistics and Literature (6020) -- Indology (602018); Hinduism; ÖFOS 2012 -- HUMANITIES (6) -- Philosophy, Ethics, Religion (603) -- Religion, Religious Studies not elsewhere classified (6039) -- Hinduism (603904); Religious studies; ÖFOS 2012 -- HUMANITIES (6) -- Philosophy, Ethics, Religion (603) -- Religion, Religious Studies not elsewhere classified (6039) -- Religious studies (603909); Hindu sacred texts; Bic Subject Codes -- Humanities (H) -- Religion & beliefs (HR) -- Hinduism (HRG) -- Hindu sacred texts (HRGS); South India; Theism; Deity; Ritual; Theology; History; Vaisnava tradition; Tamil; Indologie; ÖFOS 2012 -- GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN (6) -- Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften (602) -- Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften (6020) -- Indologie (602018); Hinduismus; ÖFOS 2012 -- GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN (6) -- Philosophie, Ethik, Religion (603) -- Sonstige Religion, Religionswissenschaften (6039) -- Hinduismus (603904); Religionswissenschaft; ÖFOS 2012 -- GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN (6) -- Philosophie, Ethik, Religion (603) -- Sonstige Religion, Religionswissenschaften (6039) -- Religionswissenschaft (603909); BIC Klassifizierung -- undefined (H) -- undefined (HR) -- undefined (HRG) -- undefined (HRGS); Südindien; Ritual; Theologie; Geschichte; Asienforschung; Tamil; Vaisnava Tradition