Myth and Mythmaking: Continuous Evolution in Indian TraditionEssays focusing on some of the ways in which myths have been made, and made to function, in the rich cultural history of India from the dawn of history through to the present day. |
Contents
A ProtoIndoEuropean Story | 1 |
Portraits of Lopāmudrā | 21 |
3 The Ahalyā Story through the Ages | 39 |
4 Paraśurāma and Time | 63 |
5 Menstruation Myths | 87 |
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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 argues Arjuna Arthur Avalon ascetic asceticism avatar ayurveda battle Bengal Bhargava Bhisma Brahmā brahmacārin Brāhmaṇa Brahmapurāṇa brahmin Calcutta celibacy conflict context critical edition culture curse CWSV Delhi dharma dharmaśāstra disciple discourse divine Dumézil encounter epic episode female Gautama gender roles Ghosh goddess gods Gorakhnath guru hagiography hero heterodox Hindu Hinduism husband hymn impurity Indian Indo-European Indra Kabir kathāvācak king Kṛṣṇa kṣatriyas Leslie London Lopamudrā Mahābhārata male marriage masculinity menstrual blood menstruation myth mythical Mythology narrative nineteenth-century notion Odysseus Orientalist Padmapurāṇa Paraśurāma Parasurama's Proto-Indo-European Pune Rāma Rāma Dāśarathi Rāmānand Rāmāyaṇa Ravidas Ravidas's relationship religion religious Ṛgveda ritual ṛṣis sannyas sannyasi Sanskrit semen sexual Sikh similar Sir John Woodroffe spiritual Stridharmapaddhati struggle Studies Sukthankar Swadeshi Swami Tantra Tantric Tantrik Texts testicles textual theme tradition translation University Press Vaiṣṇava Vedic verse Vivekananda wife woman women Woodroffe's yugānta yugas