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Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics [Elektronische Ressource] : Draupadi among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits

Hiltebeitel, Alf,i1942-2023

Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 2009

576 p.

Description based upon print version of record

978-0-226-34051-7

 

Draupadī  Mahābhārata 

 

Online-Ausg.: Ann Arbor, Michigan : Proquest

Online-Ressource

978-0-226-34055-5

Throughout India and Southeast Asia, ancient classical epics-the Mahabharata and the Ramayana-continue to exert considerable cultural influence. Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics offers an unprecedented exploration into South Asia's regional epic traditions. Using his own fieldwork as a starting point, Alf Hiltebeitel analyzes how the oral tradition of the south Indian cult of the goddess Draupadi and five regional martial oral epics compare with one another and tie in with the Sanskrit epics. Drawing on literary theory and cultural studies, he revea...