Transmission of the Mahabharata Tradition: Vyasa and Vyasids (Studies in Indian and Asian Civilizations)

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Item Code:	IDF956
Author:	C. R. Deshpande
Publisher:	Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla
Language:	English
Edition:	1978
Pages:	210
Cover:	Hardcover
Other Details	8.8" X 5.5"
Weight	320 gm

Book Description

About the Book:

The Mahabharata is the mighty Ganga taking its rise in the lofty Himalaya of a great poet's genius: its crystal clear waters in the course of their flow are joined by the rivers and streams of other legends, episodes and philosophical thinking, until incorporating and assimilating all these tributaries the original serene stream transforms itself into a mighty torrent flowing through the plains of time fertilizing the fields of literatures in Sanskrit, prakrit and modern Indian Languages: and, helping to carryon the trade of thought with exchange of ideas in the whole of India and outside, and keeping at the same time its sanctifying character it passes on to the Ocean of Eternity. The task that the author has set for himself is to analyze and examine, to the extent hat is possible, and the waters the tributaries have brought to the holy river.

About the Author:

C. R. Deshpande (b 1926) is at present Professor and Head, Department of Sanskrit And Ardhamagadhi at the S.S.V.P. Sanstha's Arts & M.F.M.A. Commerce College, Dhulia (Maharashtra).

He received his Ph.D. in 1957 for his thesis on "GAMPU" literature. He has worked in the Epilogue Section of the Mahabharata Department in the Bhandarkar Oriental Research institute, Pune, and also in the Sanskrit, Pali and Ardhamagadhi Department in Fergusson College, Pune. Dr. Deshpande was a Visiting fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced study Simla, from November 1971 to March 1974

CONTENTS

	Preface	xii
I	INTRODUCTORY	1-14
	(i) Importance of the Mahabharata	1
	(ii) Its Extent	3
	(iii) Its Heterogeneous Character	5
	(iv) Problem of its Authorship	7
	(v) Its Date	9
	(iv) The Critical Edition	10
	(xii) Scope, Methodology and Limitations of the Present Study	14
II	THE NUCLEUS	15-49
	(i) The Plot	21
	(ii) Characterization	41
III	THE KRSNA LEGEND	50-59
	(i) Krsna as a Human Being	52
	(ii) Krsna as a Divine Incarnation	55
IV	OTHER LEGENDS AND EPISODES	60-76
	(i) Mythological Stories	62
	(ii) Heroic Legends	63
	(iii) Brahmanic Legends and Myths	67
	(iv) Bird and Beast Fables	70
	(v) Moral Narratives	72
	(vi) Folk Tales	75
V	SOCIAL LIFE	77-103
	(i) Varna, Duties, Privileges and Disabilities.	77
	(ii) Ashrama	89
	(iii) Position of Women	89
	(iv) Son and Daughter	94
	(v) Marriage	96
	(vi) Faiths, Beliefs and Superstitions	97
	(vii) Economic Thought	102
VI	EHICS AND MORALITY	104-115
	(i) General Ethical Ideas	104
	(ii) The Agent	105
	(iii) Dharma	106
	(iv) Human Relations	107
	(v) Sin and Expiation	107
	(vi) Sex Relations	108
	(vii) Ahimsa	111
	(viii) Guest Worship	113
	(ix) Apaddharma	114
VII	POLITICAL THOUGHT	116-122
	(i) General Political Ideas	116
	(ii) The King	117
	(iii) Administration	119
	(iv) Ministers	120
	(v) Punishment	121
VIII	RELIGIOUS THOUGHT	123-135
	(i) The Vedic Deities and Sacrifices	123
	(ii) The Hindu Trinity	124
	(iii) Other Minor Deities	134
	(iv) Samskaras, rites and rituals	135
	(v) Heaven and Hell
IX	PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT	136-142
	(i) General Philosophical Ideas	136
	(ii) Csmology and Cosmogony	136
	(iii) Doctrine of Soul	137
	(iv) Knowledge	138
	(v) The Highest Reality	138
	(vi) The Karman Theory	139
	(vii) Happiness and Misery	141
X	AMPLIFICATIONS	143-179
	(i) Epigrams	143
	(ii) Poetic embellishments	145
	(iii) The Erotic	147
	(iv) Humorous Touches	147
	(v) Exaggerations	149
	(vi) The Miraculous Element	149
	(vii) Elucidations	151
	(viii) Etymology	151
	(ix) Paaphrase, Substitution and Expansion	152
	(x) Quotations	155
	(xi) Details	156
IX	CONCLUDING REMARKS	157-191
	ABBREVIATIONS	192-193

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