Raja Yudhisthira : Kingship in Epic Mahabharata /

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In Raja Yudhisthira, Kevin McGrath brings his comprehensive literary, ethnographic, and analytical knowledge of the epic Mahabharata to bear on the representation of kingship in the poem. He shows how the preliterate Great Bharata song depicts both archaic and classical models of kingly and premonet...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McGrath, Kevin, 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Yudhiṣṭhira > Fiktive Gestalt
Mahābhārata
Mahābhārata.
Mahābhārata > Critique, interpretation, etc.
Mahābhārata > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
König > Motiv
König
Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythology)
Kings and rulers in literature.
Rois et souverains dans la litterature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1.The Beginnings
  • i.Early Kingship
  • ii.The Associates
  • iii.Duality
  • iv.Magadha
  • v.The Dharmaraja
  • vi.The Text
  • vii.Terms
  • 2.Kingship
  • i.Early Kings
  • ii.The Associates
  • iii.Duality
  • iv.Magadha
  • v.The Dharmaraja
  • 1.The Rajasuya Sequence
  • 2.War as Royal Rite
  • 3.The Asvamedha
  • 3.Ideals of Kingship
  • i.Archaic Ideals
  • ii.Installation
  • iii.Classical Ideals
  • 4.The End.

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