Collins The Other Rama

Matricide and Genocide in the Mythology of Parasurama
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4384-8040-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 333 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Hindu Studies

A systematic analysis of the myth cycle of Parasurama (“Rama with the Axe”), an avatára of Visnu with a much darker reputation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collins, Brian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments

Preface: The Other Rama

Introduction: God with an Axe

1. The Brahmin Warrior: Parasurama in Extremis

2. Matricide I: The Broken Pot

3. Matricide II: The Severed Head

4. Varnicide I: The Extermination of the Ksatriyas and Its Aftermath

5. Varnicide II: Blood and Soil in Malabar and Maharashtra

Conclusion: Introducing Parasurama

Notes
Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Brian Collins is Drs. Ram and Sushila Gawande Chair in Indian Religion and Philosophy at Ohio University. He is the author of The Head beneath the Altar: Hindu Mythology and the Critique of Sacrifice.