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Autore |
Hegarty James. |
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Titolo |
Religion, narrative and public imagination in South Asia : past and place in the Sanskrit Mahabharata / / James Hegarty |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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1-283-45994-9 |
9786613459947 |
1-136-64589-6 |
0-203-80512-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge Hindu studies series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Hinduism in literature |
Electronic books. |
South Asia |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-216) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Religion, Narrative and Public Imagination in South Asia Past and place in the Sanskrit Mahābhārata; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Sanskrit pronunciation guide; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Visiting the Mahābhārata; A study of the story to end all stories; Public imagination and the Mahabharata; The Mahābhārata and the contrary mongoose; What the Mahābhārata does; The riddle of style and purpose: narrative, cognition and culture; Past, place and narrative as theory; Introducing the Mahābhārata; The critical text of the Mahābhārata; Situating the Mahābhārata |
The shape of this bookA note on the translations; 2 Ritual and textual structure in the Mahābhārata; Introductory remarks; Ritual structure and the Mahābhārata; The ritual of listening: book 18 of the Mahābhārata and its phalaśruti; Narrative frames and reception in the Mahābhārata; Narratives in dialogue: the dicing sequence and the Nalopakhyana; Śakuntala and the modernity of the Mahābhārata; Yudhisthira's peace: the final books of the Mahābhārata; The dicing sequence of the Mahābhārata; Concluding remarks; 3 Constructing a significant past; Introductory remarks; Churning the Mahābhārata |
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