The Child Manifestation of Śiva in Contemporary Hindu Popular Prints

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" The Child Manifestation of Śiva in Contemporary Hindu Popular Prints "
Knut Jacobsen

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1078887
Doc. No	:	LA122516
Call No	:	‭10.1163/1568527041945508‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Knut Jacobsen
Title & Author	:	The Child Manifestation of Śiva in Contemporary Hindu Popular Prints [Article]\ Knut Jacobsen
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Numen
Date	:	2004
Volume/ Issue Number	:	51/3
Page No	:	237–264
Abstract	:	God posters have become one of the most visible aspects of popular religious culture in South Asia. In this article I argue that the God poster industry has created opportunities for iconographic innovations, but that the God posters nevertheless build on traditional sacred narratives and conceptions of the Hindu gods found especially in the Hindu epics and the Purānas.. Even if the iconographic representation of the child manifestations of Śiva is something new, these God posters rely on the presence of the child manifestations of Śiva in the sacred narratives of the Hindu tradition. While only some of the episodes of Śiva as a child till now have been depicted in the God posters, it is not unreasonable to expect that more episodes involving the manifestation of Śiva as a child will be depicted in God posters in the future. God posters have become one of the most visible aspects of popular religious culture in South Asia. In this article I argue that the God poster industry has created opportunities for iconographic innovations, but that the God posters nevertheless build on traditional sacred narratives and conceptions of the Hindu gods found especially in the Hindu epics and the Purānas.. Even if the iconographic representation of the child manifestations of Śiva is something new, these God posters rely on the presence of the child manifestations of Śiva in the sacred narratives of the Hindu tradition. While only some of the episodes of Śiva as a child till now have been depicted in the God posters, it is not unreasonable to expect that more episodes involving the manifestation of Śiva as a child will be depicted in God posters in the future.
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/1568527041945508‬