Destiny and human initiative in the Mahābhārata /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Woods, Julian F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2001.
Colección:McGill studies in the history of religions.
Temas:
Mahābhārata > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Mahābhārata > Critique, interprétation, etc.
Mahābhārata
RELIGION > Hinduism > Sacred Writings.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Theme in Historical Perspective
  • Focus of the Analysis
  • The Epic Context
  • Hermeneutical Perspectives
  • Cosmic Destiny
  • The Mythological Background
  • The Epic Accounts
  • Personal Destiny
  • Problems and Anomalies
  • Social Manifestations of Daiva
  • Prophecies and Pronouncements
  • Krsna as "Master of Yoga,"
  • Daiva and Karna
  • Daiva and Duryodhana
  • Krsna as Daiva
  • Destiny and Human Initiative
  • Tricks and Stratagems
  • Daiva in Human Expression
  • Purusakara
  • Morality (Dharma) and Moral Conflict
  • Action and Contemplation
  • The Mythological Background
  • Krsna's Transformation of Vedic Values
  • Some Alternative Views
  • The Path of the Warrior
  • Draupadi's Impatience
  • Kunti's Exhortation
  • Yudhisthira's Grief
  • Bhisma's Instructions
  • Action and Retribution
  • Purusakara as Moral Autonomy
  • Vidura's "Wilderness of Life,"
  • The Path of Self-Determination
  • The Spiritual Journey
  • Moral Implications
  • The Evolutionary Ladder
  • The "Fate" of Human Action
  • The Problem of Agency
  • The Solution to the Antinomy of Providence
  • Some Notes on Scholarship
  • Figure: Family Connections in the Mahabharata.

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