UID:
almahu_9949703205502882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789004492677
,
9789004102606
Series Statement:
Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 2 South Asia ; 12
Content:
Mahābhārata (including Harivaṃśa ) and Rāmāyaṇa , the two great Sanskrit Epics central to the whole of Indian Culture, form the subject of this new work. The book begins by examining the relationship of the epics to the Vedas and the role of the bards who produced them. The core of the work, a study of the linguistic and stylistic features of the epics, precedes the examination of the material culture, the social, economic and political aspects, and the religious aspects. The final chapter presents the wider picture and in conclusion even looks into the future of epic studies. In this long overdue survey work the author synthesizes the results of previous scholarship in the field. Herewith a coherent view is built up of the nature and the significance of these two central epics, both in themselves, and in relation to Indian culture as a whole.
Additional Edition:
Print version: The Sanskrit Epics. Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 1998 ISBN 9789004102606
Language:
English
