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Rethinking the Mahabharata - A Reader's Guide to the Education of the Dharma King (Hardcover, New)
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Rethinking the Mahabharata - A Reader's Guide to the Education of the Dharma King (Hardcover, New)
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The ancient Indian Sanskrit tradition produced no text more
intriguing, or more persistently misunderstood or underappreciated,
than the Mahabharata. Its intricacies have waylaid generations of
scholars and ignited dozens of unresolved debates. "In Rethinking
the Mahabharata," Alf Hiltebeitel offers a unique model for
understanding the great epic. Employing a wide range of literary
and narrative theory, Hiltebeitel draws on historical and
comparative research in an attempt to discern the spirit and
techniques behind the epic's composition. He focuses on the
education of Yudhisthira, also known as the Dharma King, and shows
how the relationship of this figure to others-especially his
author-grandfather Vyasa and his wife Draupadi-provides a thread
through the bewildering array of frames and stories embedded within
stories. Hiltebeitel also offers a revisionist theory regarding the
dating and production of the original text and its relation to the
Veda. No ordinary reader's guide, this volume will illuminate many
mysteries of this enigmatic masterpiece.
This work is the fourth volume in Hiltebeitel's study of the
Draupadi cult. Other volumes include "Mythologies: From Gingee to
Kuruksetra" (Volume One), "On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess" (Volume
Two), and "Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics" (Volume
Three).
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