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Podcast: New Books in Indian Religions
Episode: Peter Christiaan Bisschop and Yuko Yokochi, "The SkandapurƔna" (Brill, 2021)
Description: This interview featuresĀ Drs.Ā Peter Bisschop (Leiden University) andĀ Yuko YokochiĀ (Kyoto University) and their work on the monumental SkandapurÄį¹a project. Started in the 1990's, the project isĀ aimed at creating a critical edition of the SkandapurÄį¹a along with documenting its variations over time as well producingĀ important studiesĀ of the text. Their latest instalment of this project (Volume 5, featuringĀ ChaptersĀ 92-112 of the SkandapurÄį¹a, with an introduction and annotated English synopsis)Ā addresses the incorporation of Vaisnava mythology in the text.Ā Thanks to generous support of the J. Gonda Fund Foundation, the e-book version of this volume is av...