The Goddess of Artists and Intellectuals: The Worship of Saraswati in the Cultures of the Buddhist East

The article considers the incorporation of Hindu deity into the Indo-Buddhist pantheon, the formation of a new iconography and mythological adaptation. The authors study the reception of Saraswati’s worship in Tibet and the Goddess’s establishment as a patroness of monastery intellectuals. The autho...

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Main Authors: Zoya Andreyevna Krinskaya, Evgeniy Ilyich Rabinovich
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Ural Federal University Press 2015-07-01
Series:Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки
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Online Access:https://journals.urfu.ru/index.php/Izvestia2/article/view/1502