Abstract: This book studies several mythical motifs, found in the Veda (especially in the Ùgveda) on the one hand and in one or both Sanskrit epics on the other: Agni's hiding, the theft of the Soma, Indra's rape of Ahalyå, Upamanyu's salvation by the Aßvins, and finally the representation of the Great War of the Mahåbhårata as a sacrifice. While it is often said that the subsequent Indian literature only paid "lipservice" to the Vedas without really knowing and even less understanding these texts, the present study not only shows that many Vedic myths are still kept alive in the Epics, but more importantly that their deep underlying meaning was perfectly understood by the epic mythmakers, and reactualized to fit the changed religious condi...
The deluge myth, while enjoying a wide diffusion all over the Eurasian continent, has found its most...
Man has succeeded very much in going outside of himself and has made many achievements.He has travel...
Three theses concerning the Ramayana The three theses discussed in the text although complementary...
The story of Indra’s battle with Vtra, and his subsequent release of the imprisoned waters, is a myt...
This volume contains 20 papers emerging from the Epics and Puranas section at the 15th World Sanskri...
With comparative mythology and epics of ancient cultural ties can be realized and even this type of ...
The climax of the Sanskrit Mahā bh ārata is undeniably muscular, since it involves a kṣatriya family...
J. L. Brockington, The Sanskrit Epics (Leiden: Brill, 1998). Vālmīki. -- Rāmāyaṇa. Mahābhārata. Mah...
The myth is perceived in modern Western culture as a relic of the distant past, in contrast to this...
A group of around six hundred representations adorning six Cola, Saiva temples of the 10th century a...
1 The· problem of the Vr-Mahabharata There is a sloka in The Mahabharata which can be translated...
Los textos sánscritos de la India son considerados las obras literarias más antiguas de la humanidad...
Abstract. Indo-European languages have received an enormous amount of comparative study, for which G...
The idea of this paper is to examine the variegated reality of texts classified under the notion "ep...
The Bha¯gavatapura¯na is one of the master-texts of the Sanskritic archive and is the foundational s...
The deluge myth, while enjoying a wide diffusion all over the Eurasian continent, has found its most...
Man has succeeded very much in going outside of himself and has made many achievements.He has travel...
Three theses concerning the Ramayana The three theses discussed in the text although complementary...
The story of Indra’s battle with Vtra, and his subsequent release of the imprisoned waters, is a myt...
This volume contains 20 papers emerging from the Epics and Puranas section at the 15th World Sanskri...
With comparative mythology and epics of ancient cultural ties can be realized and even this type of ...
The climax of the Sanskrit Mahā bh ārata is undeniably muscular, since it involves a kṣatriya family...
J. L. Brockington, The Sanskrit Epics (Leiden: Brill, 1998). Vālmīki. -- Rāmāyaṇa. Mahābhārata. Mah...
The myth is perceived in modern Western culture as a relic of the distant past, in contrast to this...
A group of around six hundred representations adorning six Cola, Saiva temples of the 10th century a...
1 The· problem of the Vr-Mahabharata There is a sloka in The Mahabharata which can be translated...
Los textos sánscritos de la India son considerados las obras literarias más antiguas de la humanidad...
Abstract. Indo-European languages have received an enormous amount of comparative study, for which G...
The idea of this paper is to examine the variegated reality of texts classified under the notion "ep...
The Bha¯gavatapura¯na is one of the master-texts of the Sanskritic archive and is the foundational s...
The deluge myth, while enjoying a wide diffusion all over the Eurasian continent, has found its most...
Man has succeeded very much in going outside of himself and has made many achievements.He has travel...
Three theses concerning the Ramayana The three theses discussed in the text although complementary...