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Dharma, disorder, and the political in ancient India : the Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata /

Provides a study of the Apaddharmaparvan which situates it within its context in the great Sanskrit epic the Mahabharata and within Indian political and social thought.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bowles, Adam
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Colección:Brill's Indological library ; v. 28.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Abbreviations; List of figures; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two 'Distress' in the literature on dharma and artha; Chapter Three Dharma; Chapter Four Yudhisthira and the narrative frame of the apaddharmaparvan; Chapter Five Strategies of integration; Chapter Six Laws for a king in crisis: Texts on apaddharma I; Chapter Seven Diversions on a theme: Texts on apaddharma II; Chapter Eight Setting things right: Transitional texts of the apaddharmaparvan I; Chapter Nine Coda: Transitional texts of the paddharmaparvan II; Chapter Ten Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.