Peter C Bisschop
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1441771 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Peter C Bisschop |
| PRENOMES | Peter C |
| SOBRENOME | Bisschop |
| ASSINATURA | BISSCHOP P C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6355-9800 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 29 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2003 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Religions of Early India. A Cultural History, by Richard H. Davis
Asian Studies
Reciting the Goddess
The Ascetics of Mount Aṭṭhāvaya Become Jain Monks
This study presents a detailed analysis of the narrative of Goyama and the ascetics of Mount Aṭṭhāvaya in the Āvaśyaka Cūrṇi , including text and translation. By identifying a range of themes, intertexts and allusions in the narrative, a variety of Jain perspectives on the nature of asceticism are uncovered. Topics covered include the Āvaśyaka Cūrṇi as “commentary”, the Āvaśyaka Niryukti background to the Āvaśyaka Cūrṇi narrative, some possible Ś…
Obituary
Making a Mantra
What is Ailing Purāṇic Studies
Commencing from a critical reading of two recent publications on the Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa and the Devīmāhātmya , this article argues that, contrary to what is maintained by the author of the two books under review, what is ailing Purāṇic studies is not a reliance on traditional modes of textual criticism, but a misunderstanding about its utility for accessing the dynamic history of Purāṇic text corpora
Idiom and innovation in the ‘Gupta Period’
To show how kingship was enacted and materialised in specific contexts within the ‘Gupta Ecumene’, writ large, this article presents a detailed analysis of two sites that served as centres for political performance, devotional practice, and artistic production between the fourth and the sixth century CE: Eran and Sondhni in the Indian heartland of Madhya Pradesh. Eran is commonly held to be a key site for the study of Gupta art and architecture a…
Jayati Bhagavāñ Jinendraḥ
In the fifth-sixth century CE the rulers of the Kadamba dynasty claimed the town of Halsi (ancient Palāśikā) in modern Karnataka as the northern capital of their expanding polity. Their investments in this locale are recorded in a corpus of copper-plate inscriptions spanning four generation of kings. The plates record the growth of a thriving Jain community at Palāśikā and are revelatory of their relationships with the Kadamba rulers and their ag…
The History of the Arthaśāstra. Sovereignty and Sacred Law in Ancient India, by Mark McClish
Krishna’s Lineage. The Harivamsha of Vyāsa’s Mahābhārata, by Simon Brodbeck
Primary Sources and Asian Pasts
Primary Sources and Asian Pasts
Stone inscriptions, manuscripts, monuments, sculptures, ceramic fragments: these are just some of the primary sources for the study of premodern Asia. How might scholars chart new directions in Asian studies following these historical traces of past societies and polities? To address this question, this book unites perspectives from leading scholars and emerging voices in the fields of archaeology, art history, philology, and cultural history to …
Temple Design in Six Early Śaiva Scriptures. Critical Edition and Translation of the prāsādalakṣaṇa-portions of the Bṛhatkālottara, Devyāmata, Kiraṇa, Mohacūrottara, Mayasaṃgraha & Piṅgalāmata, by Lib…
Columns in Context
The inscribed stone column gained particular popularity in early India as media for political self-styling and religious merit-making in the territories of the Gupta rulers and their successors. Analysis of the textual semantics of the inscriptions has, thus far, dominated the study of the columns, leaving the significance of the visual language and the material semantics of these objects unexplored. Monolithic in form, but certainly not in funct…
Buddhist and Śaiva Interactions in the Kali Age
In a much-discussed passage of the Kāraṇḍavyūhasūtra it is taught that Avalokiteśvara produced Maheśvara from his forehead. Maheśvara is introduced as a representative of the degenerative Kali age. In this connection, the Kāraṇḍavyūha quotes a doctrinal verse about the worship of the liṅga , which for a long time has been mistakenly attributed to ‘the Skandapurāṇa ’, but whose source can now be identified in the Śivadharmaśāstra . After a compara…
On the Growth and Composition of the Sanskrit Epics and Purāṇas
Viṣṇupurāṇa. Althergebrachte Kunde über Viṣṇu, written by Peter Schreiner
Crossing the Lines of Caste. Viśvāmitra and the Construction of Brahmin Power in Hindu Mythology, written by Adheesh A. Sathaye
The Quest for the Pāśupata Weapon
This article offers a new iconographic reading of the sixth-century architrave of the gateway of the Mahādeva Temple at ancient Madhyamikā (Nagarī). It is argued that the eastern and western face of the architrave should be read in conjunction. The eastern face shows Śiva’s entry as a naked mendicant into the Devadāruvana, while the western face depicts the Kirātārjunīya, a story that is foreshadowed in the panels of the eastern face. The motif t…
Buddhist Epistemology as Apologetics. Studies on the History, Self-understanding and Dogmatic Foundations of Late Indian Buddhist Philosophy, written by Vincent Eltschinger
Invoking the Powers that Be
The article introduces chapter 6 of the Śivadharmaśāstra which contains a lengthy mantra invoking all cosmic powers and deities for appeasement (śānti). Following a brief introduction to the Śivadharma corpus of texts, the form and characteristics of the mantra are illustrated by means of a few examples of invocations to individual deities. The mantra includes references to various iconographical and mythological aspects of the deities invoked th…
Pañcārtha Before Kauṇḍinya
Two Pre-Chandella Inscriptions from Kālañjara
The hill-fort of Kālañjara (Kalinjar), has been an important centre of Śaivism for many centuries. Its presence in the list of Śiva’s abodes ( āyatana ) in Skandapurāṇa 167 and in other early sources indicates Kālañjara’s importance in early Śaivism. The major royal inscriptions from the Chandella period have been edited, but many other inscriptions from the hill remain unpublished. Following a survey of references to Kālañjara in early literary …
Sambandhásivāachārya, S. and T. Ganesan, Sūksmāgama. Volume I, Chapters 1 to 13. Critical Edition
Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in the Humanities, Social Sciences, International Law, and Biology. With offices in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, the USA and Asia, Brill today publishes more than 360 journals and 2,000 new books and reference works each year as well as a large number of databases and primary source research collections
Śaivism in the Gupta-Vākāṭaka Age
One of the features of the Gupta-Vākāṭaka age is the growth of Śaivism. In this article some of the epigraphical evidence for this process is assembled and discussed. While the direct evidence for the adoption of Śiva worship among the Guptas is limited to ministers of the Gupta court, it is clear that the Vākāṭaka kings were predominantly Māheśvaras. New fragmentary wall inscriptions uncovered from Mansar, the site of Pravarasena II's palace, hi…
Idiom and innovation in the ‘Gupta Period’
To show how kingship was enacted and materialised in specific contexts within the ‘Gupta Ecumene’, writ large, this article presents a detailed analysis of two sites that served as centres for political performance, devotional practice, and artistic production between the fourth and the sixth century CE: Eran and Sondhni in the Indian heartland of Madhya Pradesh. Eran is commonly held to be a key site for the study of Gupta art and architecture a…
Columns in Context
The inscribed stone column gained particular popularity in early India as media for political self-styling and religious merit-making in the territories of the Gupta rulers and their successors. Analysis of the textual semantics of the inscriptions has, thus far, dominated the study of the columns, leaving the significance of the visual language and the material semantics of these objects unexplored. Monolithic in form, but certainly not in funct…
The Pāśsupata Observance ( Atharvavedapariśsista 40)
International audience
Śaivism in the Gupta-Vākāṭaka Age
One of the features of the Gupta-Vākāṭaka age is the growth of Śaivism. In this article some of the epigraphical evidence for this process is assembled and discussed. While the direct evidence for the adoption of Śiva worship among the Guptas is limited to ministers of the Gupta court, it is clear that the Vākāṭaka kings were predominantly Māheśvaras. New fragmentary wall inscriptions uncovered from Mansar, the site of Pravarasena II's palace, hi…
Pañcārtha Before Kauṇḍinya
Pañcārthabhāya on Pāśupatasūtra 1.37–39 Recovered from a Newly Identified Manuscript
Buddhist and Śaiva Interactions in the Kali Age
In a much-discussed passage of the Kāraṇḍavyūhasūtra it is taught that Avalokiteśvara produced Maheśvara from his forehead. Maheśvara is introduced as a representative of the degenerative Kali age. In this connection, the Kāraṇḍavyūha quotes a doctrinal verse about the worship of the liṅga , which for a long time has been mistakenly attributed to ‘the Skandapurāṇa ’, but whose source can now be identified in the Śivadharmaśāstra . After a compara…
The Sūtrapāha of the Pāśupatasūtra
The Indo-Iranian Journal (IIJ), founded in 1957, is a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the ancient and medieval languages and cultures of South Asia and of pre-Islamic Iran. It publishes articles on Indo-Iranian languages (linguistics and literatures), such as Sanskrit, Avestan, Middle Iranian and Middle & New Indo-Aryan. It publishes specialized research on ancient Iranian religion and the Indian religions, such as the Veda, Hinduism, Jaini…
The Pāśsupata Observance ( Atharvavedapariśsista 40)
International audience
Pañcārthabhāya on Pāśupatasūtra 1.37–39 Recovered from a Newly Identified Manuscript
The Sūtrapāha of the Pāśupatasūtra
The Indo-Iranian Journal (IIJ), founded in 1957, is a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the ancient and medieval languages and cultures of South Asia and of pre-Islamic Iran. It publishes articles on Indo-Iranian languages (linguistics and literatures), such as Sanskrit, Avestan, Middle Iranian and Middle & New Indo-Aryan. It publishes specialized research on ancient Iranian religion and the Indian religions, such as the Veda, Hinduism, Jaini…
Śaivism in the Gupta-Vākāṭaka Age
One of the features of the Gupta-Vākāṭaka age is the growth of Śaivism. In this article some of the epigraphical evidence for this process is assembled and discussed. While the direct evidence for the adoption of Śiva worship among the Guptas is limited to ministers of the Gupta court, it is clear that the Vākāṭaka kings were predominantly Māheśvaras. New fragmentary wall inscriptions uncovered from Mansar, the site of Pravarasena II's palace, hi…
Once Again on the Identity of Candésvara in Early Śaivism
The figure of Candeśa (Candeśvara) in early Śaivism has been the subject of two recent studies by Diwakar Acharya and Dominic Goodall. The present article proposes to identify a sculpture in the British Museum, hitherto identified as Lakulīśa, as representing Candeśvara. Attention is drawn to the iconographical similarities to a Śaiva deity depicted on the Cālukya shrines of Mahākūta and Pattadakal. A passage from the lay Śivadharma proves crucia…
Sambandhásivāachārya, S. and T. Ganesan, Sūksmāgama. Volume I, Chapters 1 to 13. Critical Edition
Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in the Humanities, Social Sciences, International Law, and Biology. With offices in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, the USA and Asia, Brill today publishes more than 360 journals and 2,000 new books and reference works each year as well as a large number of databases and primary source research collections
Pañcārtha Before Kauṇḍinya
Two Pre-Chandella Inscriptions from Kālañjara
The hill-fort of Kālañjara (Kalinjar), has been an important centre of Śaivism for many centuries. Its presence in the list of Śiva’s abodes ( āyatana ) in Skandapurāṇa 167 and in other early sources indicates Kālañjara’s importance in early Śaivism. The major royal inscriptions from the Chandella period have been edited, but many other inscriptions from the hill remain unpublished. Following a survey of references to Kālañjara in early literary …
Invoking the Powers that Be
The article introduces chapter 6 of the Śivadharmaśāstra which contains a lengthy mantra invoking all cosmic powers and deities for appeasement (śānti). Following a brief introduction to the Śivadharma corpus of texts, the form and characteristics of the mantra are illustrated by means of a few examples of invocations to individual deities. The mantra includes references to various iconographical and mythological aspects of the deities invoked th…
Buddhist Epistemology as Apologetics. Studies on the History, Self-understanding and Dogmatic Foundations of Late Indian Buddhist Philosophy, written by Vincent Eltschinger
Viṣṇupurāṇa. Althergebrachte Kunde über Viṣṇu, written by Peter Schreiner
Crossing the Lines of Caste. Viśvāmitra and the Construction of Brahmin Power in Hindu Mythology, written by Adheesh A. Sathaye
The Quest for the Pāśupata Weapon
This article offers a new iconographic reading of the sixth-century architrave of the gateway of the Mahādeva Temple at ancient Madhyamikā (Nagarī). It is argued that the eastern and western face of the architrave should be read in conjunction. The eastern face shows Śiva’s entry as a naked mendicant into the Devadāruvana, while the western face depicts the Kirātārjunīya, a story that is foreshadowed in the panels of the eastern face. The motif t…
Buddhist and Śaiva Interactions in the Kali Age
In a much-discussed passage of the Kāraṇḍavyūhasūtra it is taught that Avalokiteśvara produced Maheśvara from his forehead. Maheśvara is introduced as a representative of the degenerative Kali age. In this connection, the Kāraṇḍavyūha quotes a doctrinal verse about the worship of the liṅga , which for a long time has been mistakenly attributed to ‘the Skandapurāṇa ’, but whose source can now be identified in the Śivadharmaśāstra . After a compara…
On the Growth and Composition of the Sanskrit Epics and Purāṇas
Temple Design in Six Early Śaiva Scriptures. Critical Edition and Translation of the prāsādalakṣaṇa-portions of the Bṛhatkālottara, Devyāmata, Kiraṇa, Mohacūrottara, Mayasaṃgraha & Piṅgalāmata, by Lib…
Columns in Context
The inscribed stone column gained particular popularity in early India as media for political self-styling and religious merit-making in the territories of the Gupta rulers and their successors. Analysis of the textual semantics of the inscriptions has, thus far, dominated the study of the columns, leaving the significance of the visual language and the material semantics of these objects unexplored. Monolithic in form, but certainly not in funct…
The History of the Arthaśāstra. Sovereignty and Sacred Law in Ancient India, by Mark McClish
Krishna’s Lineage. The Harivamsha of Vyāsa’s Mahābhārata, by Simon Brodbeck
Primary Sources and Asian Pasts
Primary Sources and Asian Pasts
Stone inscriptions, manuscripts, monuments, sculptures, ceramic fragments: these are just some of the primary sources for the study of premodern Asia. How might scholars chart new directions in Asian studies following these historical traces of past societies and polities? To address this question, this book unites perspectives from leading scholars and emerging voices in the fields of archaeology, art history, philology, and cultural history to …
What is Ailing Purāṇic Studies
Commencing from a critical reading of two recent publications on the Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa and the Devīmāhātmya , this article argues that, contrary to what is maintained by the author of the two books under review, what is ailing Purāṇic studies is not a reliance on traditional modes of textual criticism, but a misunderstanding about its utility for accessing the dynamic history of Purāṇic text corpora
Idiom and innovation in the ‘Gupta Period’
To show how kingship was enacted and materialised in specific contexts within the ‘Gupta Ecumene’, writ large, this article presents a detailed analysis of two sites that served as centres for political performance, devotional practice, and artistic production between the fourth and the sixth century CE: Eran and Sondhni in the Indian heartland of Madhya Pradesh. Eran is commonly held to be a key site for the study of Gupta art and architecture a…
Jayati Bhagavāñ Jinendraḥ
In the fifth-sixth century CE the rulers of the Kadamba dynasty claimed the town of Halsi (ancient Palāśikā) in modern Karnataka as the northern capital of their expanding polity. Their investments in this locale are recorded in a corpus of copper-plate inscriptions spanning four generation of kings. The plates record the growth of a thriving Jain community at Palāśikā and are revelatory of their relationships with the Kadamba rulers and their ag…
Obituary
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