Some Remarks on Śvetadvīpa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2802454 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kasten Rönnow (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1929 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 253-284 |
| Publication date | 1929-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x00122682 |
| OpenAlex | W2011380057 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Svetadvipa, "The White Island," is the name of an island, situated in the far North, inhabited by Nārāyana and by pious White Men, who worship him. The description of their worship, which can be read in that part of the Śāntiparvan, the twelfth of the Mahābhārata books, devoted to Nārāyana is distinguishable to an obvious degree from the stories of other cults found in the Brahminical literature, and has led researchers of both earlier and more recent date to try certain more or less successful interpretations. The attempt at solving the problem of Śvetadvīpa, which has, during more recent times, attracted the greatest attention, is that of Garbe
Situated · Theology · White (mutation) · Worship · Artificial Intelligence · Chemistry · Computer Science · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |