Naama Shalom

Re-ending the Mahabharata (eBook, ePUB)

The Rejection of Dharma in the Sanskrit Epic

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Offers a fresh perspective on the Mahabharata based on an exploration of its ending, the Svargarohäa parvan.

This book challenges two prevalent assumptions about the Mahabharata: that its narrative is inherently incapable of achieving a conclusion and that its ending, the Svargarohäa parva, is an extraneous part of the text. While the exegetic traditions have largely tended to suppress, ignore, or overlook the importance of this final section, Shalom argues that the moment of the condemnation of dharma that occurs in the Svargarohäa parva, expressed by the epic protagonist, Yudhi¿¿hira, against his father, Dharma, is of crucial importance. It sheds light on the incessant preoccupation and intrinsic dismay towards the concept of dharma (the cardinal theme around which the epic revolves) expressed by Mahabharata narrators throughout the epic, and is thus highly significant for understanding the Mahabharata narrative as a whole.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781438465036
• Artikelnr.: 60490618

Autorenporträt

Naama Shalom is Assistant Professor in the Humanities Department at Shalem College, Jerusalem.