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Religion, narrative and public imagination in South Asia : past and place in the Sanskrit Mahabharata / / James Hegarty
| Religion, narrative and public imagination in South Asia : past and place in the Sanskrit Mahabharata / / James Hegarty |
| Autore | Hegarty James. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 294.5/923046 |
| Collana | Routledge Hindu studies series |
| Soggetto topico | Hinduism in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-45994-9
9786613459947 1-136-64589-6 0-203-80512-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 A brief note on demotic dharma and the MahābhārataExtending and consolidating the Vedic past; The Śaunaka 'brand'; Vedish not Vedic; The situational exploration of the past: a case study in the tragic history of Karna; From textual to personal authority: exploring the past the Buddhist way; Concluding remarks; 4 Constructing significant places; Introductory remarks; The apotheosis of the Sabha; The world on the eve of battle; Pilgrimage and power in the Mahābhārata; Concluding remarks; 5 The Mahābhārata in early South Asia; Introductory remarks; The Mahābhārata and epigraphy The Mahābhārata and literary cultureThe 'presence' of the Mahābhārata in early medieval Kaśmir; Concluding remarks; 6 Conclusions : Towards an old approach to philology; 7 Epilogue : The construction of the signifi cant past in the Hindi televisual Mahābhārat; Appendices; 1. A summary of the books of the Mahabharata; 2. A brief timeline for early South Asia; Bibliography of works cited; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461604503321 |
Hegarty James.
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Religion, narrative and public imagination in South Asia : past and place in the Sanskrit Mahabharata / / James Hegarty
| Religion, narrative and public imagination in South Asia : past and place in the Sanskrit Mahabharata / / James Hegarty |
| Autore | Hegarty James. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 294.5/923046 |
| Collana | Routledge Hindu studies series |
| Soggetto topico | Hinduism in literature |
| ISBN |
1-283-45994-9
9786613459947 1-136-64589-6 0-203-80512-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 A brief note on demotic dharma and the MahābhārataExtending and consolidating the Vedic past; The Śaunaka 'brand'; Vedish not Vedic; The situational exploration of the past: a case study in the tragic history of Karna; From textual to personal authority: exploring the past the Buddhist way; Concluding remarks; 4 Constructing significant places; Introductory remarks; The apotheosis of the Sabha; The world on the eve of battle; Pilgrimage and power in the Mahābhārata; Concluding remarks; 5 The Mahābhārata in early South Asia; Introductory remarks; The Mahābhārata and epigraphy The Mahābhārata and literary cultureThe 'presence' of the Mahābhārata in early medieval Kaśmir; Concluding remarks; 6 Conclusions : Towards an old approach to philology; 7 Epilogue : The construction of the signifi cant past in the Hindi televisual Mahābhārat; Appendices; 1. A summary of the books of the Mahabharata; 2. A brief timeline for early South Asia; Bibliography of works cited; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790451503321 |
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Hegarty James.
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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