Reading the fifth Veda: studies on the Mahabharata : essays

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Published in:Studies in the history of religions
Contributors: Hiltebeitel, Alf 1942-2023 (Other) ; Adluri, Vishwa (Other) ; Bagchee, Joydeep ca. 20./21. Jh. (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill 2010
In: Studies in the history of religions (volume 131)
Series/Journal:Studies in the history of religions volume 131
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mahābhārata
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Mahābhārata
B Rāmāyana Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Mahābhārata Criticism, interpretation, etc
B RELIGION ; Hinduism ; Sacred Writings
B Mahābhārata Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Mahābhārata Criticism, interpretation, etc Mahābhārata
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Summary:Machine generated contents note:ch. OneWeighting Orality and Writing in the Sanskrit Epics --ch. TwoPrimary Process of the Hindu Epics --ch. ThreeMore Rethinking the Mahabharata: Toward a Politics of Bhakti --ch. FourWhy Itihäsa? New Possibilities and Limits in Considering the Mahabharata as History --ch. FiveArchetypal Design of the Two Sanskrit Epics --ch. SixNot Without Subtales: Telling Laws and Truths in the Sanskrit Epics --ch. SevenNcirtiyaniya and Early Reading Communities of the Mahabharata --ch. EightAmong Friends: Marriage, Women, and Some Little Birds --ch. NineEpic Asvamedhas --ch. TenAuthorial Paths Through the Two Sanskrit Epics: Via the Ramopakhyana --ch. ElevenMapping Bhakti in the Sanskrit Epics: Friendship, Hospitality, and Separation --ch. TwelveOn Reading Fitzgerald's Vyasa --ch. ThirteenBhisma's Sources --ch. FourteenNahusa in the Skies: A Human King of Heaven --ch. FifteenKpria in the Mahribhärata: The Death of Kama --ch. SixteenBrothers, Friends, and Charioteers: Parallel Episodes in the Irish and Indian Epics --ch. SeventeenTwo Kmas on One Chariot: Upanisadic Imagery and Epic Mythology --ch. EighteenBuddhism and the Mahabharata: Boundary Dynamics in Textual Practice --ch. NineteenKpria at Mathuri --ch. TwentyEmpire, Invasion, and India's National Epics --ch. Twenty-OneRole, Role Model, and Function: The Sanskrit Epic Warrior in Comparison and Theory.
Item Description:"Volume 1. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9004185666