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This volume brings together a number of seminal studies presented at the International Conference on Great Indian Epics held in February 2019 at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi by scholars from various parts of the world. Each article adds a new dimension to the subject with historical scholarship and critical interpretation, reflecting comprehensiveness, unity, clarity and rightness of perception. This definitive work adds to our knowledge of the epics and their infinite influence.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. The Tradition of the Mah¿bh¿rata in Eastern India: Similarities and Variations 2. Peace or War?: Remarks on the Pre-war Deliberations in the S¿rä¿ Mah¿bh¿rata 3. Why the Common Roots of Homer and Vy¿sa? 4. On the Palm-leaf Manuscript of the S¿rä¿ Mah¿bh¿rata Discovered in Japan 5. The Rebirth of an Epic: Siddheswar's Bichitra R¿m¿yäa 6. The S¿rä¿ Mah¿bh¿rata in the Cultural Context of Odisha 7. The Relevance of the V¿lm¿ki R¿m¿yäa for Transforming Leaders and Leadership 8. Representation in Medieval Epic Narrative: Locating Narrative Theory and Praxis in S¿rä¿ Mah¿bh¿rata 9. Vernacularization of Indian Epics: A Silent Subaltern Awakening 10. Biardeau's Rendering of the Mah¿bh¿rata in the French Indological Traditions 11. Epics as Pandora's Box to Seek Answers of the Present in the Past for the Future 12. Relevance of the Mah¿bh¿rata in Contemporary Political Thought
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Udayanath Sahoo is Adikabi Sarala Das Chair Professor for Odia Studies at Centre for Indian Languages, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. An international researcher of epic narrative, he has done extensive comparative research on the tradition of Mahabharata and Bhagvata in eastern India. His research area also includes linguistic analysis, machine translation and textual criticism of palm-leaf manuscripts.
Shobha Rani Dash is at the Department of Buddhist Studies, Otani University, Kyoto, Japan. Her research area is textual criticism of palm-leaf manuscripts.
Zusammenfassung
This volume brings together a number of seminal studies presented at the International Conference on Great Indian Epics held in February 2019 at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. It adds a new dimension to the subject with historical scholarship and critical interpretation, reflecting comprehensiveness, unity & clarity.
