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Rethinking India's oral and classical epics : Draupadī among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits /

Throughout India and Southeast Asia, ancient classical epics--the Mahabharata and the Ramayana--continue to exert considerable cultural influence. Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics offers an unprecedented exploration into South Asia's regional epic traditions. Using his own field...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hiltebeitel, Alf
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Oral epics
  • The elder brothers and the heroes of Palnāḍu
  • The epic of Pābūjī
  • Opening Ālhā
  • The nine-lākh chain
  • The story of Kṛṣṇāṃśa
  • Kurukṣetra II
  • Time-routes through the Kṛṣṇāṃśacarita
  • Their name is legion
  • The ballad of Rāja Desing
  • Barbarīka, Aravān̲, Kūttāṇṭavar: furthuring the case of the severed head
  • The myth of the Agnivaṃśa
  • Draupadī becomes Belā, Belā becomes Satī.