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Beginning the Mahaharata : A Reader's Guide to the Frame Stories.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Woodland Hills : South Asian Studies Association, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (133 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780983447252
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Beginning the MahaharataLOC classification:
  • BL1138.26.E37 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- 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. Pauṣya (Chapter 3) -- 7. Puloman (Chapters 4-12) -- The first story -- The second story -- 8. Ᾱstīka (Chapters 13-24) -- Ch. 13 -- Ch. 14 -- Chs. 15-17 -- Chs. 18-19 -- Chs. 20-24 -- 9. Taking Stock -- 10. Back to Garuḍa (Ᾱstīka, Chapters 24-30) -- 11. Back to the Snakes (Ᾱstīka, Chapters 31-46 -- Chs. 31-32 -- Chs. 33-35 -- Chs. 36-46 -- Taking stock again -- The Story of Parikṣit-at Last -- Reader be warned -- The first version (chs. 36-40) -- The second version (chs. 45-46) -- The Story of Jaratkāru-at Last -- 12. The Sacrifice-At Last (Ᾱstīka, Chapters 47-53) -- Ch. 47 -- Chs. 48-50 -- Ch. 51 -- Chs. 52-53 -- 13. Rereading -- 14. Coda: (Ᾱstīka, 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 Mahābhārata -- Secondary.
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Intro -- 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. Pauṣya (Chapter 3) -- 7. Puloman (Chapters 4-12) -- The first story -- The second story -- 8. Ᾱstīka (Chapters 13-24) -- Ch. 13 -- Ch. 14 -- Chs. 15-17 -- Chs. 18-19 -- Chs. 20-24 -- 9. Taking Stock -- 10. Back to Garuḍa (Ᾱstīka, Chapters 24-30) -- 11. Back to the Snakes (Ᾱstīka, Chapters 31-46 -- Chs. 31-32 -- Chs. 33-35 -- Chs. 36-46 -- Taking stock again -- The Story of Parikṣit-at Last -- Reader be warned -- The first version (chs. 36-40) -- The second version (chs. 45-46) -- The Story of Jaratkāru-at Last -- 12. The Sacrifice-At Last (Ᾱstīka, Chapters 47-53) -- Ch. 47 -- Chs. 48-50 -- Ch. 51 -- Chs. 52-53 -- 13. Rereading -- 14. Coda: (Ᾱstīka, 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 Mahābhārata -- Secondary.

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