Kṛsṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa and the Mahābhārata : A New Interpretation / B.M. Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sullivan, B.M., author.

Series:

Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000.

Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000

Language:

English

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Mahābhārata--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Mahābhārata.

Vyāsa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

A New Interpretation

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1990.

Language Note:

English and Sanskrit

Summary:

Authorship of the great Sanskrit language epic poem of India, the Mahābhārata, is attributed to the sage Kṛsṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa. This study focuses on the depiction of Vyāsa in the Mahābhārata, where he is an important character in the tale he is credited with composing. Other scholars have interpreted Vyāsa as an incarnation of Nārāyana Visṇu. This study, however, demonstrates that he is so depicted only very rarely in the epic, and that elsewhere the Mahābhārata portrays Vyāsa as corresponding meaningfully with Brahmā. Vyāsa is, in fact, the earthly counterpart to Brahmā in the Mahābhārata, as Kṛsṇa is of Visṇu, etc. The interpretation of Vyāsa is enriched by the different perspectives provided by other literature, including dramas, Jātaka tales, Arthasāstra, and Purāṇas.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Bruce M. Sullivan

Acknowledgments / Bruce M. Sullivan

List of Abbreviations / Bruce M. Sullivan

Chapter One Author and Authority / Bruce M. Sullivan

Chaper Two The Author in his Own Composition / Bruce M. Sullivan

Chapter Three The Divine Plan in the Epic / Bruce M. Sullivan

Chapter Four Vyāsa as Brahmā on Earth / Bruce M. Sullivan

Chapter Five Other Perspectives on Vyāsa / Bruce M. Sullivan

Chapter Six Conclusions / Bruce M. Sullivan

Appendix / Bruce M. Sullivan

Selected Bibliography / Bruce M. Sullivan

General Index / Bruce M. Sullivan

Index of Authors / Bruce M. Sullivan

Index of Text Citations / Bruce M. Sullivan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Kṛsṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa and the Mahābhārata : A New Interpretation.

ISBN:

9789004644519

OCLC:

644705815

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004644519 DOI

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