Some Observations about Warrior-gods and Distinctive Weapons in the Imagery of vrātyas

Heesterman (1962), moving away from the hypothesis of a non-Aryan background for the Vrātyas, went far beyond the brahmanical-grounded heterodox interpretation of their culture (see also Candotti and Pontillo 2015, Pontillo and Dore 2016, Vassilkov 2016). The Vrātyas are usually associated with the...

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Published in:Cracow Indological Studies
Main Author: Anita M. Borghero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2024-06-01
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Online Access:https://www.journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/5829