Yudhiṣṭhira, Salvation, and Selfless Action in the Sanskrit Mahābhārata by Muñoz Gomez, Paloma;

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This book proposes that the Sanskrit Mahābhārata’s main character, King Yudhiṣṭhira, serves as a conduit for the integration and organization of diverse ideas of salvation. Notably, he aids to redefine mokṣa as selfless action done for the sake of duty.

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How does the Sanskrit Mahābhārata act as a religious text? What is the relation between this text’s ideas of salvation and its main character King Yudhiṣṭhira? This book shows that Yudhiṣṭhira serves as a medium for the organization of diverse soteriological ideas. Examining this character’s narrative trajectory of struggles and redemptions, this book shows he is intimately associated with mokṣa (liberation from rebirth). Importantly, Yudhiṣṭhira serves to redefine mokṣa as selfless action performed as part of a person’s inherited duty (svadharma), action done for the sake of dharma alone.

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Acknowledgements

Abbreviations



Introduction

 1 Book Structure

 2 The Mah&&&x0101;bh&&&x0101;rata&&&x2019;s story and its framing mythologies

Part 1

1 The Study of the Mah&&&x0101;bh&&&x0101;rata, Yudhi&&&x1E63;&&&x1E6D;hira, and Soteriology

 1 Introduction

 2 Perspectives on the Mah&&&x0101;bh&&&x0101;rata

 3 Yudhi&&&x1E63;&&&x1E6D;hira in scholarly literature

 4 Soteriology and Yudhi&&&x1E63;&&&x1E6D;hira

 5 Conclusion



2 The Problem of Mok&&&x1E63;a: World Renunciation and Ritual

 1 Introduction

 2 The renouncer

 3 Framing the Mah&&&x0101;bh&&&x0101;rata: Mok&&&x1E63;a as an umbrella term

 4 Conclusion



3 Karman and Transmigration: The Mah&&&x0101;bh&&&x0101;rata&&&x2019;s Emphasis on Normative Conduct

 1 Introduction

 2 The doctrine of karman

 3 Narratives on karman in the Mah&&&x0101;bh&&&x0101;rata

 4 Conclusion



4 The Mah&&&x0101;bh&&&x0101;rata&&&x2019;s Soteriologies and Yudhi&&&x1E63;&&&x1E6D;hira

 1 Introduction

 2 Soteriologies in the Mah&&&x0101;bh&&&x0101;rata

 3 Heavenly realms

 4 A state beyond impermanence

 5 Heavenly ascent and mok&&&x1E63;a

 6 Living liberation

 7 A single path or two paths? Salvation for householders

 8 On karmayoga and foregoing selfish desire

 9 Conclusion

Part 2

5 Royal and Householder Roles as Religious Vocations

 1 Introduction

 2 Yudhi&&&x1E63;&&&x1E6D;hira&&&x2019;s early life

 3 Royal and householder ideologies: Yudhi&&&x1E63;&&&x1E6D;hira&&&x2019;s roles

 4 Yudhi&&&x1E63;&&&x1E6D;hira as king: r&&&x0101;jas&&&x016B;ya

 5 Motivations to sacrifice: Yudhi&&&x1E63;&&&x1E6D;hira and Duryodhana

 6 Conclusion



6 The Dice Game: Yudhi&&&x1E63;&&&x1E6D;hira&&&x2019;s Flawed Understanding of Renunciation

 1 Introduction

 2 The role of the dice game in the narrative

 3 The dice sequence

 4 Draupad&&&x012B;&&&x2019;s question: kingship and mastery of the self

 5 Abandoning the self, renunciation, and learning

 6 Conclusion



7 Forest Teachings: Svadharma and the Soteriology of Mok&&&x1E63;a

 1 Introduction

 2 Forest teaching: &&&x015A;aunaka

 3 The invisible fruits of dharma

 4 The pativrat&&&x0101; and the righteous butcher

 5 Negotiations in the lead-up to the war: five villages

 6 Conclusion



8 The Trivarga Plus Mok&&&x1E63;a: Yudhi&&&x1E63;&&&x1E6D;hira&&&x2019;s Blend

 1 Introduction

 2 Dialogues of the P&&&x0101;&&&x1E47;&&&x1E0D;avas

 3 The Dharma King&&&x2019;s characterisation in the light of the &&&x1E62;a&&&x1E0D;g&&&x012B;t&&&x0101;

 4 The &&&x1E62;a&&&x1E0D;g&&&x012B;t&&&x0101; and other solutions to the problem of mok&&&x1E63;a

 5 Conclusion



9 Yudhi&&&x1E63;&&&x1E6D;hira&&&x2019;s Royal Role: Supporting Others and the Cosmos through Dharma

 1 Introduction

 2 Reasons to rule: the welfare of the cosmos

 3 A tree made of dharma

 4 Desire for duty: the a&&&x015B;vamedha

 5 Householder and king: soteriological dependence

 6 Conclusion



10 Yudhi&&&x1E63;&&&x1E6D;hira&&&x2019;s Ascent to Heaven

 1 Introduction

 2 The Great Departure and the Ascent to Heaven

 3 The Mah&&&x0101;bh&&&x0101;rata&&&x2019;s narrative open-endedness

 4 Self-sacrifice as soteriological advantage

 5 On some virtues leading to the devay&&&x0101;na

 6 Karman: decentring mok&&&x1E63;a

 7 Conclusion



Concluding Remarks



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