Overview

This book challenges two prevalent assumptions about the Mahābhārata: that its narrative is inherently incapable of achieving a conclusion and that its ending, the Svargārohaṇa 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 Svargārohaṇa parva, expressed by the epic protagonist, Yudhiṣṭhira, 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 Mahābhārata narrators throughout the epic, and is thus highly significant for understanding the Mahābhārata narrative as a whole.

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Author:   Naama Shalom
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438465029

ISBN 10:   1438465025
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   02 January 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Foreword Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. Rejecting Dharma and Narrative-wholeness: Mahābhārata Explorations of ""the right thing to do"" 2. Re-ending the Mahābhārata: Significant Absence and Careful Omissions in Sanskrit Adaptations of the Svargārohaṇa 3. Recognition and Suppression of the Svargārohaṇa: The Ambivalent Stance of Sanskrit Theoreticians on the Mahābhārata 4. ""The real Mahābhārata"" Debate and Scholarly Misrepresentations of the Svargārohaṇa 5. The Inconceivable Denial of Dharma: The Case of the Bhārata-prabandha, a Hitherto Unknown Retelling of the Mahābhārata Conclusion: Mahābhārata Cycles of Disrupted Sacrifice and Subverted World-order Notes Bibliography Index"

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

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