Visions and revisions in Sanskrit narrative : studies in the Sanskrit epics and purāṇas /
Sanskrit narrative is the lifeblood of Indian culture, encapsulating and perpetuating insights and values central to Indian thought and practice. This volume brings together eighteen of the foremost scholars across the globe, who, in an unprecedented collaboration, accord these texts the integrity a...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: Visions and revisions of Sanskrit narrative -- 1. Narrative argument and interlocutory frames in the Mahābhārata / Greg Bailey -- 2. Āstīka, black magic and apotropaic ritual: Peacemaking brahmins and the snake sacrifice in the Mahābhārata's Adiparvan / Adam Bowles -- 3. Transitions and transmissions in the Mahābhārata: Revisiting the Ugraśravas/Śaunaka frame dialogue / Brian Black -- 4. Battling inner conflicts: Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Saṃjaya in the Udyogaparvan of the Mahābhārata / Angelika Malinar -- 5. The Ambopākhyāna reconsidered: Reading Ambā's story as part of the Rāma Jāmadagnya myth cycle / Brian Collins -- 6. Claiming the narrative: subjectivity and intertextuality in the Ambopākhyāna / Zuzana Špicová -- 7. Bhīma: The shadow king / Sudha Berry -- 8. Some moral tasting notes on the Udyogaparvan of the Mahābhārata / James M. Hegarty -- 9. The Bhagavadgītā's determinism and world literature / Simon Brodbeck -- 10. Mineral, vegetal, animal or divine? The flying palace Puṣpaka's manifold metamorphoses / Danielle Feller -- 11. From Ayodhyā to the Daṇḍaka: Rāma's journey in exile according to the Jain Rāmāyaṇas / Eva De Clercq -- 12. Gembedded narratives: Jewelled peacetime tales of Rāma's exile and Rāvaṇa's domicile as alternative afterlife anticipations in the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa / Shubha Pathak -- 13. Train stations, enterprising priests and the deadly blows of kuśa grass: Reading the purāṇas with a magic-realist lens / Laurie L. Patton -- 14. Textures of purāṇic transmission: A contemporary vernacular exposition of a Sanskrit purāṇa / Sucharita Adluri -- 15. The Śivaśarmopākhyāna of the Padma Purāṇa as a bizarre compendium of epic and purāṇic tales of Pitṛbhakti / Nicolas Dejenne -- 16. Same, same but different: The Tamil Kāñcippurāṇam and its Sanskrit source / Jonas Buchholz -- 17. The 'purāṇification' of the death of Kṛṣṇa / Christopher R. Austin -- 18. Lambs, lightning, nakedness and fire: Polythetic networks and literary elaborations of the Purūravas-Urvaśī narrative / McComas Taylor. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
| 520 | 1 | |a Sanskrit narrative is the lifeblood of Indian culture, encapsulating and perpetuating insights and values central to Indian thought and practice. This volume brings together eighteen of the foremost scholars across the globe, who, in an unprecedented collaboration, accord these texts the integrity and dignity they deserve. The last time this was attempted, on a much smaller scale, was a generation ago, with Purāṇa Perennis (1993). The pre-eminent contributors to this landmark collection use novel methods and theory to meaningfully engage Sanskrit narrative texts, showcasing the state of contemporary scholarship on the Sanskrit epics and purāṇas. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Epic literature, Sanskrit |x History and criticism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Hindu literature |x History and criticism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sanskrit literature |x History and criticism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Indic literature |x History and criticism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Vedic literature |x History and criticism. | |
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