Arjuna in the Mahabharata: Where Krishna Is, There Is VictoryMotilal Banarsidass, 1990 M01 1 - 372 páginas It is a work of unusual breadth and depth that will attract readers in religious studies, comparative literature, Sanskrit, Asian studies and humanities in general. The book is a thorough study of the great Indian hero, the Achilles of India, Arjuna, as portrayed in the epic poem Mahabharata, including its world-famous subsection, the Bhagavadgita. Different aspects of Arjuna's Character has been discussed. |
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... character different readers will be attracted by different constituents . To speak of myself , the chief delight that I have found in reading the poem comes from the interplay of its epic characters . A pious Hindu may set above this ...
... character different readers will be attracted by different constituents . To speak of myself , the chief delight that I have found in reading the poem comes from the interplay of its epic characters . A pious Hindu may set above this ...
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... character of Arjuna cannot fail to enlighten the reader on the nature of early Hindu culture from which the picture of this hero arose . At the same time it will reveal some of the beauties and truths which remain in the Mahābhārata for ...
... character of Arjuna cannot fail to enlighten the reader on the nature of early Hindu culture from which the picture of this hero arose . At the same time it will reveal some of the beauties and truths which remain in the Mahābhārata for ...
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... characters who act out the story . I agree with Ruth Katz that the complex character of Arjuna is essential to the poem in any form which we shall be able justly to hypothesize of it . Ruth Katz's three - layer framework has much to ...
... characters who act out the story . I agree with Ruth Katz that the complex character of Arjuna is essential to the poem in any form which we shall be able justly to hypothesize of it . Ruth Katz's three - layer framework has much to ...
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... characters ( pp . 372–79 , 424–31 , etc. ) . It would also have been appropriate to update some of my endnotes with new references to certain of Hiltebeitel's ideas already cited on the basis of his previous articles , in which they ...
... characters ( pp . 372–79 , 424–31 , etc. ) . It would also have been appropriate to update some of my endnotes with new references to certain of Hiltebeitel's ideas already cited on the basis of his previous articles , in which they ...
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... characters and situations represented in the Mahabharata narrative can be rather baroque as well ; but perhaps ... character , the wise and virtuous Vidura , of mixed brahmin / " slave " ( I.100.23ff . ) descent . ' Although the ...
... characters and situations represented in the Mahabharata narrative can be rather baroque as well ; but perhaps ... character , the wise and virtuous Vidura , of mixed brahmin / " slave " ( I.100.23ff . ) descent . ' Although the ...
Contenido
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IB Marriages | 56 |
Notes | 66 |
The Burning of the Khandava Forest I | 71 |
The Encounter with the Mountain Man and Connected | 90 |
The Cases of Bhishma Bhurishravas | 156 |
IIB The Horse Sacrifice | 197 |
Retirement from the World | 203 |
Notes | 209 |
IIIB On the Battlefield at Kurukshetra III | 225 |
IIIB2 The Kurukshetra War Reconsidered | 239 |
Notes | 246 |
IIIC The Night Attack and Connected Events | 249 |
Sojourn in Indras Heaven | 96 |
IE On the Battlefield at Kurukshetra I | 105 |
War as Sacrifice | 113 |
IIA On the Battlefield at Kurukshetra II | 127 |
IIA2 The Death of Arjunas Son Abhimanyu and Connected | 137 |
Notes | 150 |
IIID The Ascent to Heaven and Connected Events II | 263 |
Conclusion | 271 |
The Names of Arjuna | 277 |
Bibliography | 293 |
Authors Index | 314 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Arjuna in the Mahabharata: Where Krishna Is, There is Victory Ruth Cecily Katz Vista de fragmentos - 1989 |
Términos y frases comunes
Abhimanyu Achilles action Arjuna Arjuna and Krishna arrows Ashvatthaman aspect battle books Bhagavadgita bharata Bhima Bhishma Biardeau birth brahmin brothers Buitenen translates chap chapter character chariot Connected Events death deceit demons devotion dharma Dhrshtadyumna Dhrtarashtra dice game discussion divine Draupadi Drona Dumézil Duryodhana emphasized enemy epic's Etudes evil example extant epic fact fate father fight fire Gita gods heaven hero heroic level heroism Hiltebeitel Hindu horse sacrifice human IIA2 IIA3 Iliad imagery incarnate Indian Indo-European Indra initiatory Janamejaya Jayadratha Kaliyuga Karna Kauravas Khandava episode Khandava Forest Khandava Forest burning killed king kingship Krishna kshatriya Kunti Kurukshetra Kurukshetra War Mahabharata marriage mountain-man sequence Mythe et épopée Note Panchala Pandavas passage pralaya present study Prtha reference regard role Satyaki Shiva Skamandros snake stanzas statement story suggested throughout the epic tion Ulupi Vedic Victory by Trickery Vishnu Vrshnis Vyasa warrior weapon Yudhi Yudhishthira