Tales for the Dying : The Death Narrative of the Bhāgavata-Purāna.
Jarow, E. H. Rick.
Tales for the Dying : The Death Narrative of the Bhāgavata-Purāna. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (215 pages) - SUNY Series in Hindu Studies . - SUNY Series in Hindu Studies .
Intro -- TALES FOR THE DYING -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- A NOTE ON TRANSLATION AND TRANSLITERATION -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION: MANY WAYS OF DYING -- 1. EXAMINATIONS OF THE PAST -- 2. THE SEMIOTICS OF SEPARATION -- 3. NARRATIVES OF ABSENCE -- 4. THE DOMINION OF DEATH -- 5. STRI NARAKA DVARA- WOMAN AS THE GATEWAY TO HELL -- 6. THE RASA DANCE AND THE GATEWAY TO HEAVEN -- 7. FINAL PARTINGS -- NOTES -- Introduction: Many Ways of Dying -- Chapter 1: Examinations of the Past -- Chapter 2: The Semiotics of Separation -- Chapter 3: Narratives of Absence -- Chapter 4: The Dominion of Death -- Chapter 5: Stri Naraka Dvara--Woman as the Gateway to Hell -- Chapter 6: The Rasa Dance and the Gateway to Heaven -- Chapter 7: Final Partings -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- A -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Explores death and dying in the Bhagavata-Purana and in the Indian religious imagination using insights from myth, semiotics, and depth psychology as well as the Indian commentarial tradition.
9780791487457
Puranas.-Bhāgavatapurāṇa-Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Death-Religious aspects-Hinduism.
Electronic books.
BL1140.4.B437 -- J37 2003eb
294.5/92
Tales for the Dying : The Death Narrative of the Bhāgavata-Purāna. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (215 pages) - SUNY Series in Hindu Studies . - SUNY Series in Hindu Studies .
Intro -- TALES FOR THE DYING -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- A NOTE ON TRANSLATION AND TRANSLITERATION -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION: MANY WAYS OF DYING -- 1. EXAMINATIONS OF THE PAST -- 2. THE SEMIOTICS OF SEPARATION -- 3. NARRATIVES OF ABSENCE -- 4. THE DOMINION OF DEATH -- 5. STRI NARAKA DVARA- WOMAN AS THE GATEWAY TO HELL -- 6. THE RASA DANCE AND THE GATEWAY TO HEAVEN -- 7. FINAL PARTINGS -- NOTES -- Introduction: Many Ways of Dying -- Chapter 1: Examinations of the Past -- Chapter 2: The Semiotics of Separation -- Chapter 3: Narratives of Absence -- Chapter 4: The Dominion of Death -- Chapter 5: Stri Naraka Dvara--Woman as the Gateway to Hell -- Chapter 6: The Rasa Dance and the Gateway to Heaven -- Chapter 7: Final Partings -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- A -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Explores death and dying in the Bhagavata-Purana and in the Indian religious imagination using insights from myth, semiotics, and depth psychology as well as the Indian commentarial tradition.
9780791487457
Puranas.-Bhāgavatapurāṇa-Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Death-Religious aspects-Hinduism.
Electronic books.
BL1140.4.B437 -- J37 2003eb
294.5/92