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200 1. $a The goddess and the king in Indian myth $b Texte imprimé $e ring composition, royal power, and the dharmic double helix $f Raj Balkaran
214 .0 $a London $a New York (N.Y.) $c Routledge $d 2019
215 .. $a 1 vol. (xi-166 p.) $d 25 cm
225 |. $a Routledge Hindu studies series
300 .. $a Bibliogr p. 157-162. Index
328 .0 $z Texte remanié de $b Thesis Ph. D. $e University of Calgary $d 2015 $t Mother of power, Mother of kings : reading royal ideology in the Devī Māhātmya
330 .. $a "The Sanskrit narrative text Devi Mahatmya, 'The Greatness of The Goddess', extols
the triumphs of an all-powerful Goddess, Durga, over universe-imperiling demons. These
exploits are embedded in an intriguing frame narrative: a deposed king solicits the
counsel of a forest-dwelling ascetic, who narrates the tripartite acts of Durga which
comprise the main body of the text. It is a centrally important early text about the
Great Goddess, which has significance to the broader field of Pura?ic Studies. This
book analyses the Devi Mahatmya and argues that its frame narrative cleverly engages
a dichotomy at the heart of Hinduism: the opposing ideals of asceticism and kingship.
These ideals comprise two strands of what is referred to herein as the dharmic double
helix. It decodes the symbolism of encounters between forest hermits and exiled kings
through the lens of the dharmic double helix, demonstrating the extent to which this
common narrative trope masterfully encodes the ambivalence of brahma?ic ideology.
Engaging the tension between the moral necessity for nonviolence and the socio-political
necessity for violence, the book deconstructs the ideological ambivalence throughout
the Devi Mahatmya to demonstrate that its frame narrative invariably sheds light on
its core content. Its very structure serves to emphasize a theme that prevails throughout
the text, one inalienable to the rubric of the episodes themselves: sovereignty on
both cosmic and mundane scales. The book sheds new light on the content of the Devi
Mahatmya and contextualizes it within the framework of important debates within early
Hinduism. It will be of interest to academics in the field of Asian Religion, Hindu
Studies, Goddess Studies, South Asian Studies, Narrative Studies and comparative literature"
410 .0 $0 41218414 $t Routledge Hindu studies series $d 2019
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930 .. $5 FR-751131007:45532543001001 $a 2018-182695 $b 759999999 $c Tolbiac - Rez de Jardin - Philosophie, histoire, sciences de l'homme - Magasin $d O
