Myth and MythmakingJulia Leslie The starting point for this work is that myths are made and remade - on a variety of topics and in widely differing contexts - in a vast continuum stretching from the earliest periods of historical time to the present day. Each section of the work focuses on one particular point in this continuum to show some of the ways in which myths have been made, and made to function, in the rich cultural history of India. |
Contents
A ProtoIndoEuropean Story | 1 |
vi | 30 |
The Ahalya Story through the Ages Renate SöhnenThieme | 39 |
An Anecdote in the Kathasaritsāgara | 55 |
Parasurama and Time Lynn Thomas | 63 |
Menstruation Myths Julia Leslie | 87 |
39 | 97 |
58 | 104 |
The Struggle for Salvation in the Hagiographies of Ravidas | 106 |
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Myth and Mythmaking: Continuous Evolution in Indian Tradition Julia Leslie No preview available - 2016 |
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Agastya Ahalya Ahalya story appears Arjuna Arthur Avalon ascetic asceticism Atal Behari avatar Bankim battle Bhargava Bhisma brahmacarin Brahmapurāṇa brahmins Calcutta celibacy century conflict context Critical edition culture curse CWSV cycle of stories Delhi devotee dharma disciple divine epic episode female Ganesh Gautama gender Ghosh goddess gods Gorakhnath guru hagiography hagiography of Ravidas heterodox Hindu Hinduism husband hymn impurity Indian Indra Kabir kathāvācak king Kṛṣṇa kṣatriyas Leslie letter London Lopamudrā Luzac Madras Mahābhārata marriage masculinity menstrual blood menstruation Mirabai myth narrative notion Orientalist Parasurama's Premambodh Rāma Rāmānand Rāmāyaṇa Ravidas Ravidas's Ravidāsī relationship religion Ṛgveda ritual role Śākta Sakti śālagrām sannyas sannyasi sannyasi icon Sanskrit semen sexual siddha Sikh Sir John Woodroffe Śivacandra spiritual Stridharmapaddhati struggle Sukthankar Swadeshi Swami Vivekananda Tantra Tantric Tantrik Texts testicles textual theme tradition translation University Press Vaiṣṇava Vedic verse wife woman women Woodroffe's