Reading the Fifth Veda
Studies on the Mah?bh?rata - Essays by Alf Hiltebeitel, Volume 1
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Product details:
- Edition number and title 1
- Publisher BRILL
- Date of Publication 27 July 2011
- ISBN 9789004185661
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages696 pages
- Size 240x160 mm
- Weight 1345 g
- Language English 0
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Bringing together Hiltebeitel's major essays on the the Mah?bh?rata, the R?m?ya?a, and the south Indian cults of Draupad? and K?tt???avar along with new articles written especially for this collection, this two volume work offers a comprehensive re-reading of the Indian epic tradition by the foremost scholar in Indian epic studies today.
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Often spoken of as the 'Fifth Veda', i.e., as a text in continuity with the four Vedas and outweighing them all in size and import, the Mah?bh?rata presents a complex mythological and narrative landscape, incorporating fundamental ethical, social, philosophic, and pedagogic issues. In a series of position pieces and essays written over a span of 30 years, Alf Hiltebeitel, Columbian Professor of Religion, History, and Human Sciences at The George Washington University, articulates a compelling new approach to the epic: as a literary work of fundamental theological and philosophical significance rich in metaphor and meaning. In this three-part volume, the editors gather some of Hiltebeitel?s seminal writings on the epic along with new pieces written especially for the volume.
This two volume edition collects nearly three decades of Alf Hiltebeitel?s researches into the Indian epic and religious tradition. The two volumes document Hiltebeitel?s longstanding fascination with the Sanskrit epics: volume 1 presents a series of appreciative readings of the Mah?bh?rata (and to a lesser extent, the R?m?ya?a), while volume 2 focuses on what Hiltebeitel has called ?the underground Mah?bh?rata,? i.e., the Mah?bh?rata as it is still alive in folk and vernacular traditions. Recently re-edited and with a new set of articles completing a trajectory Hiltebeitel established over 30 years ago, this work constitutes a definitive statement from this major scholar. Comprehensive indices, cross-referencing, and an exhaustive bibliography make it an essential reference work. For more information on the second volume please click here.
"Hiltebeitel sees the Mah?bh?rata as a work carefully designed from the outset, a view that has colored much of his writing and theorizing. His sophisticated and accomplished work linking epic text, history, performance, mythology, and well-constructed argument is essential for anyone with an interest in the Indian epics." - Frederick M. Smith, University of Iowa, in: Religious Studies Review 38.2 (2012)
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Bringing together Hiltebeitel's major essays on the the Mahabharata, the Ramaya?a, and the south Indian cults of Draupadi and Kutta??avar along with new articles written especially for this collection, this two volume work offers a comprehensive re-reading of the Indian epic tradition by the foremost scholar in Indian epic studies today.
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