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Language: en
Pages: 575
Pages: 575
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-02-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Throughout India and Southeast Asia, ancient classical epics—the Mahabharata and the Ramayana—continue to exert considerable cultural influence. Rethinking
Language: en
Pages: 560
Pages: 560
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher:
Offers An Exploration Into South Asia`S Regional Epic Traditions. Analysis How The Oral Traditions Of The South India Cult Of The Goddess Draupadi And Five Regi
Language: en
Pages: 380
Pages: 380
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-10-30 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press
The ancient Indian Sanskrit tradition produced no text more intriguing, or more persistently misunderstood or underappreciated, than the Mahabharata. Its intric
Language: en
Pages: 292
Pages: 292
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-11 - Publisher: NYU Press
American and Indian scholars of religion, anthropology, women's studies, and psychology look at the complex relationship between the living worship of female di
Language: en
Pages: 556
Pages: 556
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press
This is the first volume of a projected three-volume work on the little-known South Indian folk cult of the goddess Draupadi and on the classical epic, the Maha