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From Sarasvati to Benzaiten |
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Ludvik, Catherine (著)
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Dissertation Abstracts International
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| Volume | v.62 n.4 Section A |
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| Date | 2001 |
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| Publisher | ProQuest LLC |
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https://www.proquest.com/
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| Location | Ann Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Degree | doctor |
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| Institution | University of Toronto |
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| Advisor | Waterhouse, David B. |
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| Publication year | 2001 |
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| Note | 396p |
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| Keyword | Benzaiten; Sarasvati; India; China; Japan; Hindu; Buddhism |
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| Abstract | Sarasvatī is known in India as the beautiful vīnā (zither)-playing goddess of knowledge. In China little remains of her presence. In Japan, on the other hand, she, under the name of Benzaiten XXX, enjoys widespread popularity as a goddess associated primarily with wealth, and depicted either as playing the biwa (lute) or carrying weapons. This study traces the path from Sarasvatī to Benzaiten, using the Indian background to elucidate what is found in China and Japan, and resorting to information gathered from China and Japan to detect changes on the Indian front.
The conceptual development of Sarasvatī from India to Japan is examined here through textual sources, artistic representations, inscriptions, and historical records of India, China, and Japan. The time period covered in India spans from ca. 1500 B.C.E. to ca. 700 C.E.; in China, primarily from the fifth to eighth century; and in Japan, from the seventh to the ninth century.
This study is divided into five parts. The first part on the Vedic Sarasvatī examines the depiction of the goddess in the Rg, Atharva , and Yajur Veda Samhitās, as well as in the Brāhmanas. It revolves around the gradual transformation of the river goddess into the goddess of knowledge. The second part on the Epic and Puranic Sarasvatī covers the Mahābhārata and the early Purānas. In the discussion of the Mahābhārata, the resurgence of the importance of the river, alongside the goddess of knowledge, and the proliferation of its tīrtha-related myths are taken up. In the Purānas, the fully developed Brahmā-Sarasvatī myth, the names, worship, and iconography of the goddess are discussed. The iconography of the goddess then leads into the third part on the early Indian images of Sarasvatī where Hindu, Jain, and possibly Buddhist images are introduced. The Buddhist Sarasvatī is then discussed in the fourth part, which extends from India to China to Japan through the Sutra of Golden Light and its repentance ritual. In the fifth part on the Chinese and Japanese images of Sarasvatī, the two principal forms of the goddess are discussed and further Japanese developments are summarized. |
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| ISBN | 0612586391; 9780612586390 |
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| Hits | 441 |
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| Created date | 2005.09.23 |
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| Modified date | 2022.03.24 |
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