Beginning the Mahabharata [[electronic resource] ] : a reader's guide to the frame stories / / James W. Earl
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| Autore: |
Earl James Whitby
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| Titolo: |
Beginning the Mahabharata [[electronic resource] ] : a reader's guide to the frame stories / / James W. Earl
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| Pubblicazione: | Woodland Hills, CA, : South Asian Studies Association, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (133 p.) |
| Soggetto topico: | Epic poetry, Sanskrit - History and criticism |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""A Note on Pronunciation""; ""1. Getting Started""; ""2. A First Reading""; ""3. Frame Stories""; ""4. The Summaries (Chapters 1-2)""; ""Ch. 1 (The Lists of Contents)""; ""Ch. 2 (The Summaries of the Books)""; ""5. The Snake Sacrifice""; ""6. Pauá¹£ya (Chapter 3)""; ""7. Puloman (Chapters 4-12)""; ""The first story""; ""The second story""; ""8. á?¹stÄ«ka (Chapters 13-24)""; ""Ch. 13""; ""Ch. 14""; ""Chs. 15-17""; ""Chs. 18-19""; ""Chs. 20-24""; ""9. Taking Stock""; ""10. Back to Garuá??a (á?¹stÄ«ka, Chapters 24-30)"" |
| ""11. Back to the Snakes (á?¹stÄ«ka, Chapters 31-46""""Chs. 31-32""; ""Chs. 33-35""; ""Chs. 36-46""; ""Taking stock again""; ""The Story of Pariká¹£itâ€?at Last""; ""Reader be warned""; ""The first version (chs. 36-40)""; ""The second version (chs. 45-46)""; ""The Story of JaratkÄ?ruâ€?at Last""; ""12. The Sacrificeâ€?At Last (á?¹stÄ«ka, Chapters 47-53)""; ""Ch. 47""; ""Chs. 48-50""; ""Ch. 51""; ""Chs. 52-53""; ""13. Rereading""; ""14. Coda: (á?¹stÄ«ka, chapters 53-56; Book XV, chapter 43; Book XVIII, chapter 5)""; ""Closing the Frame""; ""Book XV, Ch. 43""; ""Book XVIII, Ch. 5"" | |
| ""Works Cited""""The MahÄ?bhÄ?rata""; ""Secondary"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This is a reader's guide to the prefatory materials, or preamble, which come before the main story begins, which include two interlocking frame stories. At 5,000 lines, it is a fraction of the whole poem, and this guide/explication to it ends at the beginning of the main narrative. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Beginning the Mahabharata |
| ISBN: | 0-9834472-5-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910786339503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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