Tales for the dying : the death narrative of the Bhāgavata-Purāṇa /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jarow, Rick
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003.
Series:SUNY series in Hindu studies.
Subjects:
Puranas. > Bhāgavatapurāṇa > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Puranas. > Bhāgavatapurāṇa
Death > Religious aspects > Hinduism.
RELIGION > Hinduism > Sacred Writings.
Death > Religious aspects > Hinduism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Many Ways of Dying
  • 1. Examinations of the Past
  • 2. Semiotics of Separation
  • 3. Narratives of Absence
  • 4. Dominion of Death
  • 5. Stri Naraka Dvara
  • Woman as the Gateway to Hell
  • 6. Rasa Dance and the Gateway to Heaven
  • 7. Final Partings.

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