The fall of the indigo jackal : the discourse of division and Pūrṇabhadra's Pañcatantra / / McComas Taylor
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| Autore: |
Taylor McComas <1956->
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| Titolo: |
The fall of the indigo jackal : the discourse of division and Pūrṇabhadra's Pañcatantra / / McComas Taylor
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| Pubblicazione: | Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 2007 |
| ©2007 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 236 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 891.2/3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Caste in literature |
| Sanskrit literature - History and criticism | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The fall of the indigo jackal |
| ISBN: | 0-7914-7976-5 |
| 1-4356-0027-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808831903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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