Shalom Re-ending the Mahabharata

The Rejection of Dharma in the Sanskrit Epic
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4384-6503-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Hindu Studies

Offers a fresh perspective on the Mahabharata based on an exploration of its ending, the Svargarohana parvan.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shalom, Naama

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus Hinduismus: Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction

1. Rejecting Dharma and Narrative-wholeness: Mahabharata Explorations of "the right thing to do"

2. Re-ending the Mahabharata: Significant Absence and Careful Omissions in Sanskrit Adaptations of the Svargarohana

3. Recognition and Suppression of the Svargarohana: The Ambivalent Stance of Sanskrit Theoreticians on the Mahabharata

4. "The real Mahabharata" Debate and Scholarly Misrepresentations of the Svargarohana

5. The Inconceivable Denial of Dharma: The Case of the Bharata-prabandha, a Hitherto Unknown Retelling of the Mahabharata

Conclusion: Mahabharata Cycles of Disrupted Sacrifice and Subverted World-order

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Naama Shalom is Assistant Professor in the Humanities Department at Shalem College, Jerusalem.