LEADER 03533nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910959008103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780791487457 010 $a0791487458 010 $a9781417506811 010 $a1417506814 035 $a(CKB)111090529120942 035 $a(OCoLC)61367676 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10594792 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000255311 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11188647 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000255311 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10213080 035 $a(PQKB)10120712 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3408465 035 $a(OCoLC)55136656 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse5957 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3408465 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10594792 035 $a(DE-B1597)682788 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791487457 035 $a(Perlego)2673129 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111090529120942 100 $a20021022d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTales for the dying $ethe death narrative of the Bhagavata-Purana /$fE.H. Rick Jarow 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (215 p.) 225 0 $aSUNY series in Hindu studies 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780791456095 311 08$a0791456099 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 179-189) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tA Note On Translation And Transliteration -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIntroduction -- $tExaminations of the Past -- $tThe Semiotics Of Separation -- $tNarratives Of Absence -- $tThe Dominion Of Death -- $tStr? Naraka Dva?Ra? Woman As The Gateway To Hell -- $tThe R?Sa Dance And The Gateway To Heaven -- $tFinal Partings -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aTales for the Dying explores the centrality of death and dying in the narrative of the Bh?gavata-Pur?na, India's great text of devotional theism, canonized as an integral part of the Vaisnava bhakti tradition. The text grapples with death through an imaginative meditation, one that works through the presence and power of narrative. The story of the Bh?gavata-Pur?na is spoken to a king who is about to die, and it enables him to come to terms with his own passing. The work does not isolate dying as an issue; it treats it on many levels.This book discusses how images of dying in the Bh?gavata-Pur?na 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 author examines the power of myth and narrative (storytelling or hari katha) and shows how a detailed awareness of the Puranic imagination may lead to a revisioning of some long-held presuppositions around Indian religious attitudes toward dying. By casting Vaisnava bhakti traditions and Puranic narrative in a fresh light, the mythic imagination of the Pur?nas takes its place on the stage of contemporary discourse on comparative mythology and literature. 606 $aDeath$xReligious aspects$xHinduism 615 0$aDeath$xReligious aspects$xHinduism. 676 $a294.5/92 700 $aJarow$b Rick$01808253 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959008103321 996 $aTales for the dying$94358395 997 $aUNINA