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Beginning the Mahabharata [electronic resource] : a reader's guide to the frame stories / James W. Earl.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Earl, James Whitby.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epic poetry, Sanskrit--History and criticism.
- Epic poetry, Sanskrit.
- Mahābhārata--Commentaries.
- Mahābhārata.
- Mahābhārata--Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (133 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Woodland Hills, CA : South Asian Studies Association, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a reader's guide to the prefatory materials, or preamble, which come before the main story begins, which include two interlocking frame stories. At 5,000 lines, it is a fraction of the whole poem, and this guide/explication to it ends at the beginning of the main narrative.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""A Note on Pronunciation""; ""1. Getting Started""; ""2. A First Reading""; ""3. Frame Stories""; ""4. The Summaries (Chapters 1-2)""; ""Ch. 1 (The Lists of Contents)""; ""Ch. 2 (The Summaries of the Books)""; ""5. The Snake Sacrifice""; ""6. Pauá¹£ya (Chapter 3)""; ""7. Puloman (Chapters 4-12)""; ""The first story""; ""The second story""; ""8. á?¹stÄ«ka (Chapters 13-24)""; ""Ch. 13""; ""Ch. 14""; ""Chs. 15-17""; ""Chs. 18-19""; ""Chs. 20-24""; ""9. Taking Stock""; ""10. Back to Garuá??a (á?¹stÄ«ka, Chapters 24-30)""
- ""11. Back to the Snakes (á?¹stÄ«ka, Chapters 31-46""""Chs. 31-32""; ""Chs. 33-35""; ""Chs. 36-46""; ""Taking stock again""; ""The Story of Pariká¹£itâ€?at Last""; ""Reader be warned""; ""The first version (chs. 36-40)""; ""The second version (chs. 45-46)""; ""The Story of JaratkÄ?ruâ€?at Last""; ""12. The Sacrificeâ€?At Last (á?¹stÄ«ka, Chapters 47-53)""; ""Ch. 47""; ""Chs. 48-50""; ""Ch. 51""; ""Chs. 52-53""; ""13. Rereading""; ""14. Coda: (á?¹stÄ«ka, chapters 53-56; Book XV, chapter 43; Book XVIII, chapter 5)""; ""Closing the Frame""; ""Book XV, Ch. 43""; ""Book XVIII, Ch. 5""
- ""Works Cited""""The MahÄ?bhÄ?rata""; ""Secondary""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-9834472-5-X
- OCLC:
- 823738518
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