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Offers a fresh perspective on the Mahabharata based on an exploration of its ending, the Svargarohana parvan.

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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:  

9781438465012

ISBN 10:   1438465017
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   01 April 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Foreword Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. Rejecting Dharma and Narrative-wholeness: Mahabharata Explorations of ""the right thing to do"" 2. Re-ending the Mahabharata: Significant Absence and Careful Omissions in Sanskrit Adaptations of the Svargarohana 3. Recognition and Suppression of the Svargarohana: The Ambivalent Stance of Sanskrit Theoreticians on the Mahabharata 4. ""The real Mahabharata"" Debate and Scholarly Misrepresentations of the Svargarohana 5. The Inconceivable Denial of Dharma: The Case of the Bharata-prabandha, a Hitherto Unknown Retelling of the Mahabharata Conclusion: Mahabharata 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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