Design and Rhetoric in a Sanskrit Court Epic: The Kiratarjuniya of Bharavi
Indira Viswanathan Peterson provides an introduction to the Sanskrit court epic (mahakavya), an important genre in classical Indian poetry, and the first study of a celebrated sixth-century poem, the Kiratarjuniya (Arjuna and the Hunter) of Bharavi. Sanskrit court epics are shown to be characterized both by formalism and a deep engagement with enduring Indian values.The Kiratarjuniya is the earliest literary treatment of the narrative of the Pandava hero Arjuna's combat with the great god Siva, a seminal episode in the war epic Mahabharata. Through a close analysis of the structural strategies of Bharavi's poem, the author illuminates the aes…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7914-5614-9
- EAN: 9780791456149
- Produktnummer: 1814007
- Verlag: State Univ Of New York Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 318 S.
- Masse: H23.2 cm x B15.3 cm x D1.7 cm 422 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 422
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