Mesopotaamia jumalanna Nanāia mõjudest Kesk- ja Lõuna-Aasias
Mesopotamian Nanāia influences in Central and South Asia
Author(s): Andrew Schumann, Vladimir SazonovSubject(s): Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum
Keywords: Baktria; Central Asia; Durgā; Gandhāra; India; influences; Kūšānšāhs; Maheśvara; Mesopotamia; Nanā; Nanāia; Oešo; Sassanids; South Asia; Umā; Ur III; world-system;
Summary/Abstract: In this paper we have traced some basic attributes belonging to the Mesopotamian goddess Nanāia, from their origin in the period of Ur III (2112–2004 BC) in ancient Mesopotamia up to the period of the Kuṣāṇas and Kūšānšāhs (from the 1st century AD to the late 4th century AD) in Central and South Asia, and up to the period of their successors – the Kidarites and Hephthalites. We have shown that there was a smooth transformation of these attributes of Nanāia to the standard Indian iconographic motif of Durgā.
Journal: Mäetagused. Hüperajakiri
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 85
- Page Range: 121-136
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Estonian