Traditions of the Saptarsi Group down to the end of the Gupta Period
Traditions of the Saptarsi Group underwent a number of changes in the period between the Vedic Samhitas and the early Puranas. The change in designation of the constellation Ursa Major from Rksas to Rsis is an indication of the Indianisation of essentially Indo-European ideas: while the tradition of...
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SOAS, University of London
1977
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