Essays about: "Kristoffer af Edholm"

Found 1 essay containing the words Kristoffer af Edholm.

  1. 1. Rajyasri : Royal Splendour in the Vedas and the Epics

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Religionshistoria

    Author : Kristoffer af Edholm; [2014]
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    Abstract : This thesis analyses the late-Vedic goddess Śrī and her non-personified precedent śrī ‘splendour, glory, excellence, fortune’. Śrī has not before been studied in the light of the Avestan royal splendour, xᵛarənah, and is often interpreted one-sidedly as a pre-Aryan goddess of prosperity. READ MORE