Rethinking India's oral and classical epics : Draupadī among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits / Alf Hiltebeitel.

Author/creator Hiltebeitel, Alf
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago, Il : University of Chicago Press, ©1999.
Descriptionxiv, 560 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Mahābhārata--History.
Draupadī (Hindu mythology)
Rajput--Religious life.
Dalits--India. --Religion.
Hinduism--Relations. --Islam.
Islam--Relations. --Hinduism.

Contents Introduction -- Oral epics -- The elder brothers and the heroes of Palnāḍu -- The epic of Pābūjī -- Opening Ālhā -- The nine-lākh chain -- The story of Kṛṣṇāṃśa -- Kurukṣetra II -- Time-routes through the Kṛṣṇāṃśacarita -- Their name is legion -- The ballad of Rāja Desing -- Barbarīka, Aravān̲, Kūttāṇṭavar: furthuring the case of the severed head -- The myth of the Agnivaṃśa -- Draupadī becomes Belā, Belā becomes Satī.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 513-542) and index.
LCCN 98008762
ISBN0226340503 (alk. paper)
ISBN0226340511 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BL1138.4.D72 H57 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold