Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics: Draupadi Among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits

by Alf Hiltebeitel

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Throughout India and Southeast Asia, ancient classical epics--the Mahabharata and the Ramayana--continue to exert considerable cultural influence. Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics offers an unprecedented exploration into South Asia's regional epic traditions.

Using his own fieldwork as a starting point, Alf Hiltebeitel analyzes how the oral tradition of the south Indian cult of the goddess Draupadi and five regional...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226340511

ISBN13:9780226340517

Release Date:May 1999

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:574 Pages

Weight:1.67 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Religion Religion & Spirituality

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