Oral Tradition in Ancient India
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Page : 256 pages
File Size : 15,14 MB
Release : 2016
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ISBN : 9789351710479
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Page : 256 pages
File Size : 15,14 MB
Release : 2016
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ISBN : 9789351710479
Author : Alf Hiltebeitel
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 47,64 MB
Release : 1999-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226340500
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 reveals the shared subtexts of the Draupadi cult Mahabharata and the five oral epics, and shows how the traditional plots are twisted and classical characters reshaped to reflect local history and religion. In doing so, Hiltebeitel sheds new light on the intertwining oral traditions of medieval Rajput military culture, Dalits ("former Untouchables"), and Muslims. Breathtaking in scope, this work is indispensable for those seeking a deeper understanding of South Asia's Hindu and Muslim traditions. This work is the third 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 the Mahabharata (Volume Four).
Author : John Frederick Adolphus McNair
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Page : 212 pages
File Size : 38,48 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Folk literature, Indic
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Author : Frederick Eden Pargiter
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Page : 386 pages
File Size : 12,58 MB
Release : 1922
Category : India
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Author : Shailesh B. Solanki
Publisher :
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 10,97 MB
Release : 2015-02-10
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ISBN : 9781508712145
reference book for history
Author : Sitakant Mahapatra
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 30,20 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788120811089
The essays in this anthology seek to look at the multiple gestures of tradition in relation to our own times and in som doing they have a relevance for the continuing debate on modern and post modern era.
Author : Heidrun Brückner
Publisher : Harrassowitz
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 49,14 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Epic poetry, Tulu
ISBN : 9783447108737
The present volume studies three oral epic traditions in the Tulu language (a Dravidian language). They have been living performance traditions in the Tulu speaking coastal districts of Karnataka up to the present day. For the first time, Indian, European and American scholars working on Tulu oral epics, folklorists, anthropologists as well as Indologists are brought together. All texts discussed belong to the indigenous Tulu genre called paddana, which ranges from shorter invocations of local deities to texts of epic dimensions. Because paddanas had been transmitted exclusively orally until the 19th century, it is very difficult to assign their composition to a particular historical period. The social universe described in some of them may reflect a late medieval setting. Texts of one of the epic traditions have been collected over a period of almost 150 years, from the mid-19th century to the early 2000s. Two papers (H. Bruckner / V. Rai and V. Nandavara) deal with this tradition which is part of the oldest collections. In contrast, the popular epic of the Bant heroine, Siri, only attracted the attention of scholars from the 1970s onwards. In this book, the Siri tradition is studied by C. Gowda, A. Alva, and P. Schuster-Lohlau. Peter J. Claus' important paper introduces Koddabbu, the champion of a Dalit community. The wealth of texts and versions reflected in this volume allows, for the first time, to make systematic comparisons between different texts of the same tradition as well as between narrative elements and cultural concepts found in different traditions. Linguistic analysis, too, is just beginning to reveal possibly unique textual and narrative features.
Author : Hartmut Scharfe
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 36,41 MB
Release : 2018-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9047401476
This is the first comprehensive survey of all aspects of education in India, both in the oral and written traditions. Chronologically it covers everything from the Vedic period upto the Hindu kingdoms before the establishment of Muslim rule. If relevant, the reader will regularly find sidesteps to modern continuities. The role of the oral tradition and the techniques of memorization are discussed, the education in small private tutorials and the development of large monasteries and temple schools approaching university character. Professional training, the role of the teacher and of foreign languages are dealt with, and the impact of the peculiar features of Indian education on Indian society. The full documentation facilitates quick access to the original sources scholarly literature on Indian education. A true reference work.
Author : Frederick Eden Pargiter
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,11 MB
Release : 2016-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781360275208
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Karine Chemla
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 49,9 MB
Release : 2005-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1402023219
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