Sulle rappresentazioni di divinità di origine brahmaniche nelle pitture murali di Dandan Oiliq (Khotan), in particolare il dio Skanda accompagnato da divinità femminili in parte teriomorfe. Discussione sulle origini e sul significato di questo repertorio in un contesto cultuale e iconografico buddhista.
The relationship between Brahmanism and Buddhism is a very inspiring field of inquiry, with which scholars have so far dealt applying different, often antithetic, methodological approaches and attitudes of mind. The question of the ̳borrowing‘ of Brahmanical deities by the Buddhist theistic system is one of the major issues of the debate. On this occasion, it will be addressed from an iconographic viewpoint, with a focus on the Brahmanical god Skanda/Kārttikeya, a multifaceted and metamorphic deity in its own original milieu.
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