Religion, Epic and Cultural Memory: The Construction of the Significant Past in Sanskrit and Hindi Mahābhāratas

This paper reflects a deep interest in the way in which social groups put together ideas of their shared past. In South Asia, an enduring resource for the fashioning of ideas of the significant past has been the religious epic, the Mahabharata. From at least the Guptan era (329-650 C. E.) to present...

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Main Author: Hegarty, James M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Diagonal-Verlag 2012
In: Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft
Year: 2007, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 179-199
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