Diwakar Acharya
Diwakar Acharya currently holds the position of Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at University of Oxford and is a fellow of All Souls College. In the past, he held positions at Kyoto University, Hamburg University, and Nepal Sanskrit University. He has to his credit a number of research papers, one monograph, and three books. He is editor in chief of the Journal of Indian Philosophy. His research covers a wide range of topics in Indian religious and philosophical traditions, Upaniṣadic studies, epigraphy, early history of Nepal, and Sanskrit literature.
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The first and third of these texts are transmitted to us in a single palm-leaf manuscript dated to Nepal Samvat 147 (1027 AD), and the second in a slightly newer and undated one, both from the treasure trove of the National Archives, Kathmandu.
The text edited in this volume includes the myths of Viṣṇu’s manifestation as the Man-Lion (Narasiṃha), the birth of Skanda, the birth of Andhaka, and Hiraṇyākṣa’s battle with the gods culminating in his victory and capture of the Earth.
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