Essays on the Mahabharata
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Detail Of Essays on the Mahabharata
ISBN | 8120827384 |
Pages | 498 |
Language: | English |
Product Code: | 1 |
Size(in cm): | 5.5"X 8.6" cm |
Weight(in grams): | 675(approx) |
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Contents
Preface ix
I Manuscripts used in the Critical Edition of the Mahabharata: A Survey and Discussion 1
JOHN DUNHAM
II The Mahabharata: Stylistic Study, Computer Analysis and Concordance 19
DANIEL H. H. INGALLS & DANIEL H. H. INGALLS, JR.
III Karnabhara: The Trail of Karna 57
BARBARA STOLER MILLER
IV Urubhanga: The Breaking of the Thighs 68
EDWIN GEROW
V Epic Parthenogenesis 84
MARY CARROLL SMITH
VI Two Krsnas, Three Krsnas, Four Krsnas, More Krsnas: Dark Interactions in the Mahabharata 101
ALF HILTEBEITEL
VII The Original Daksa Saga 110
KLAUS KLOSTERMAIER
VIII The Sauptika Episode in the Structure of the Mahabharata 130
RUTH KATZ
IX India's fifth Veda: The Mahabharata's Presentation of Itself 150
JAMES L. FIZGERALD
X Santarasa in the Mahabharata 171
GARY A. TUBB
XI The Epic's Two Grandfathers, Bhisma and Vyasa 204
BRUCE M. SULLIVAN
XII Arjuna's Combat with the Kirata: Rasa and Bhakti in Bharavi's Kiratarjuniya 212
INDIRA V. PETERSON
XIII The Jaina Mahabharata 251
B .N. SUMITRA BAI AND ROBERT J. ZYDEBOS
XIV Ritual and Performance in the Pandavalila of Garhwal 274
WILLIAM SAX
XV Raksasa Bhima: Wolfbelly among Ogeres and Brahmans in the Sanskrit Mahabharata and the Venisamhara 296
DAVID L. GITOMER
XVI Savitri: Old and New 324
VIDYUT AKLUJKAR
XVII The Epic Context of the Bhagvadgita 334
MADHAV M. DESHPANDE
XVIII The Battle of Kuruksetra in Topological Transposition 349
VICTORIA URUBSHUROW and T. R. SINGH
XIX Arthasastra Categories in the Mahabharata: from Dandaniti to Rajabharma 369
BRAJ M. SINHA
XX Snakes, Sattras and the Mahabharata 384
CHRISTOPHER MINKOWSKI
XXI Krsna: In Defence of a Devious Divinity 401
BIMAL KRISHNA MATILAL
XXII Repetition in the Mahabharata 419
A. K. RAMANUJAN
XXIII Himalayan Variations on the Epic Theme 444
JOHN LEAVITT
Contributors 475
Index 479
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