Argument and design : the unity of the Mahābhārata /

Argument and Design features fifteen essays by leading scholars of the Sanskrit epics, the Mahābhārata and the Rāmāyaṇa, discussing the Mahābhārata's upākhyānas , subtales that branch off from the central storyline and provide vantage points for reflecting on it. Contributors include:...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Adluri, Vishwa (Editor ), Bagchee, Joydeep (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Colección:Brill's Indological library ; v. 49.
Temas:
Mahābhārata > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Mahābhārata > Critique, interprétation, etc.
Mahābhārata
Epic literature, Sanskrit > History and criticism.
Littérature épique sanscrite > Histoire et critique.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Epic literature, Sanskrit
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction: From Supplementary Narratives to Narrative ­Supplements / Vishwa Adluri
  • 1 Not without Subtales: Telling Laws and Truths in the Sanskrit Epics / Alf Hiltebeitel
  • 2 On the Upatva of Upākhyā­nas: Is the Uttarakāṇḍa of the Rāmāyaṇa an Upākhyā­na of the Ma­hāb­hā­ra­ta? / Robert P. Goldman
  • 3 The Epic's Singularization to Come: The Śakuntalā and Yayāti Upākhyā­nas in the Southern Recension of the Ma­hāb­hā­ra­ta / Joydeep Bagchee
  • 4 Introductory Notes on the Literary Structure of the Mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvan / Greg Bailey
  • 5 Of Daddies and Demons: The Rāmopākhyāna and the Rakṣovaṃśa of the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa / Sally J. Sutherland Goldman
  • 6 The Tale of an Old Monkey and a Fragrant Flower: What the Mahā­bhārata's Rāmāyaṇa May Tell Us about the Ma­hāb­hā­ra­ta / Bruce M. Sullivan
  • 7 Supernatural Conflicts, Unanimities, and Indra in the Main Story and Substories of the Ma­hāb­hā­ra­ta / Fernando Wulff Alonso
  • 8 Pride and Prostitution: Making Sense of the Mādhavī Exhibit in the Ma­hāb­hā­ra­ta Museum / Adheesh Sathaye
  • 9 The Divine Androgyne: Crossing Gender and Breaking Hegemonies in the Ambā-Upākhyā­na of the Ma­hāb­hā­ra­ta / Vishwa Adluri
  • 10 Reflections on the Upākhyānas in the Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata / Adam Bowles
  • 11 The Status of Upākhyānas in Madeleine Biardeau's Reflections on the Mahābhārata / Nicolas Dejenne
  • 12 Toward a Geography of the Mahābhārata's Uñchavṛtti Brahman / Thennilapuram Mahadevan
  • 13 Upākhyānas and the Harivaṃśa / Simon Brodbeck
  • 14 The Geography of the Mahābhārata's Upākhyānas / Alf Hiltebeitel
  • Index / Vishwa Adluri and Joydeep Bagchee.

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