Dharma, Disorder and the Political in Ancient India

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-15815-3
Verlag: Koninklijke Brill BV

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 800 g

Reihe: Brill

The Apaddharmaparvan, 'the book on conduct in times of distress', is an important section of the great Sanskrit epic the Mahabharata which, despite its significance for Mahabharata studies and for the history of Indian social and political thought, has received little attention in scholarly literature. This book places the Apaddharmaparvan within its literary and ideological contexts. In so doing it explores the development of a conception of brahmanic kingship morally justifiable within the terms of a debate largely set by various alternative social movements of the period. This book further explores the implications for our understanding of the Mahabharata that follow from the Apaddharmaparvan's presentation as a poetically cohesive unit within itself and within the wider parameters of the Mahabharata.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bowles, Adam

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Über Autor(innen)

Adam J. Bowles, Ph.D. (2004) in Asian Studies, La Trobe University, is a Principal with the Clay Sanskrit Library, Researcher at Monash University and an Honorary Associate at La Trobe University. His most recent publication is Mahabharata Book Eight, Karna I (New York, 2007).