The fall of the indigo jackal : the discourse of division and Pūrṇabhadra's Pañcatantra / / McComas Taylor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808831903321
• Autore: Taylor McComas <1956->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 2007; ©2007
• ISBN: 0-7914-7976-5; 1-4356-0027-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 236 pages)
• Disciplina: 891.2/3
• Soggetti: Caste in literature; Sanskrit literature - History and criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.--Australian National University, 2005).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-232) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- The Fall of the Indigo Jackal -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Conventions -- 1. Introduction -- THE TEXTUAL FAMILIES OF THE SANSKRIT PAÑCATANTRA -- PURNABHADRA'S PAÑCATANTRA -- ASSIGNING MEANING TO THE PAÑCATANTRA -- QUESTIONS ADDRESSED IN THIS STUDY -- 2. The Discourse of Division in the Pañcatantra -- THE CONCEPT OF JATI IN THE PAÑCATANTRA -- SVABHAVA-"ESSENTIAL NATURE" -- JATI AND SOCIAL STATUS -- ENMITY/AMITY -- 3. The "Regime of Truth" and the Pañcatantra -- THE AUTHORITATIVE VOICE -- UNIVERSALIZING THE DISCOURSE: SPACE, TIME, AND AUDIENCE -- THE SASTRIC PARADIGM -- INTERTEXTUALITY -- THE "NATURALIZATION" OF DISCOURSE -- A "REGIME OF TRUTH" FOR THE PAÑCATANTRA -- 4. The Discourse of Division and the Brahmanical Archive -- THE ORIGINS OF VARNA -- SVADHARMA-"ESSENTIAL DUTY" -- STATUS -- ENMITY/AMITY -- THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF THE DISCOURSE OF DIVISION -- 5. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Core Stories of the Pañcatantra Family -- Appendix 2. Summary of Stories in Purnabhadra's Pañcatantra -- Notes -- Glossary of Sanskrit Terms -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.