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Tales for the dying : the death narrative of the Bhāgavata-Purāṇa /
"This book discusses how images of dying in the Bhagavata-Purana relate to issues of language and love in the religious imagination of India. Drawing on insights from studies in myth, literary semiotics, and depth psychology, as well as from Indian commentarial and aesthetic traditions, the aut...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2003.
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| Collection: | SUNY series in Hindu studies.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | "This book discusses how images of dying in the Bhagavata-Purana relate to issues of language and love in the religious imagination of India. Drawing on insights from studies in myth, literary semiotics, and depth psychology, as well as from Indian commentarial and aesthetic traditions, the author examines the power of myth and narrative (storytelling or hari katha) and shows how a detailed awareness of the Puranic imagination may lead to a revisioning of some long-held presuppositions around Indian religious attitudes toward dying. By casting Vaisnava bhakti traditions and Puranic narrative in a fresh light, the mythic imagination of the Puranas takes its place on the stage of contemporary discourse on comparative mythology and literature."--Jacket |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xiii, 200 pages). |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-189) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1417506814 9781417506811 0791456099 9780791456095 0791456102 9780791456101 9780791487457 0791487458 |