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The cult of Draupadī / Alf Hiltebeitel.
Van Pelt Library BL1138.4.D72 H55 1988 v.1-2 v.1 v.2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hiltebeitel, Alf.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mahābhārata--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Mahābhārata.
- Draupadī (Hindu mythological character).
- Draupadī.
- Draupadī (Hindu mythological character)--Cult.
- MahaÌbhaÌrata.
- Cults.
- Physical Description:
- volumes ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988-
- Summary:
- 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 "Mahabharata," that the cult brings to life in mythic, ritual, and dramatic forms. Draupadi, the chief heroine of the Sanskrit "Mahabharata," takes on many unexpected guises in her Tamil cult, but her dimensions as a folk goddess remain rooted in a rich interpretive vision of the great epic. By examining the ways that the cult of Draupadi commingles traditions about the goddess and the epic, Alf Hiltebeitel shows the cult to be singularly representative of the inner tensions and working dynamics of popular devotional Hinduism.
- Contents:
- 1. Mythologies : from Gingee to Kurukṣetra.
- v. 2.On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: volume 1, pages 455-473.
- ISBN:
- 0226340457
- 0226340465
- OCLC:
- 16833684
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