The Sanskrit hero : Karna in epic Mahabharata / by Kevin McGrath.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGrath, Kevin.

Series:

Brill's Indological library ; v. 20.

Brill's Indological library, 0925-2916 ; v. 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mahābhārata--Characters.

Mahābhārata.

Karna (Hindu mythology) in literature.

Epic literature, Sanskrit--History and criticism.

Epic literature, Sanskrit.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Mahahabharata, a vital Indic epic and a flourishing influence on Indian culture past "and" present, has surprisingly enough hardly got much attention from scholars in the West. This latest volume in Brill s Indological Library convincingly fills this hiatus. At that, at the hand of the hero Karna, Kevin McGrath develops a view on the nature and function of the hero in epic Indic poetry. Making use of models taken from Indo-European and preliterate studies, a model emerges for heroic religion, having to a large extent shaped not only the Indic epics, but also cognate Indo-European epics, such as Homer s Iliad. As a result this work goes beyond Indology, but is of importance to classicists and comparative religionists as well."

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Chapter One: Introduction

1. Methods of Approach

2. The Text

Chapter Two: Karna Kaunteya

1. A Brief Life

2. The Name of Karna

3. Epic &amp

Ksatriya

4. Simile &amp

Vision

Chapter Three: Contention &amp

Identity

1. Arjuna

2. Bh&amp

#299

sma

3. Duryodhana

Chapter Four: Six Speeches

1. S&amp

#363

rya

2. Indra

3. Krsna

4. Kunt&amp

5. Krpa

6. &amp

#346

alya

Chapter Five: Heroic Counterpoint

1. Heroes &amp

Sons

2. Arjuna: Agni, Indra, &amp

&amp

iva

3. Yudhisthira &amp

Dharma

4. Bh&amp

ma

Chapter Six: Closure

Chapter Seven: Karna Today

1. A Song Of Karna

2. A Story Of Karna

Bibliography

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-258) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-91490-4

9786610914906

90-474-0492-0

1-4294-1477-4

OCLC:

191953141