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Auteur(s) : Balkaran, Raj  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : The goddess and the king in Indian myth [Texte imprimé] : ring composition, royal power, and the dharmic double helix / Raj Balkaran

Publication : London ; New York (N.Y.) : Routledge, 2019

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xi-166 p.) ; 25 cm

Collection : Routledge Hindu studies series

Lien à la collection : Routledge Hindu studies series  Voir toutes les notices liées

Note(s) : Bibliogr p. 157-162. Index
Texte remanié de : Thesis Ph. D. : University of Calgary : 2015. Titre de soutenance : Mother of power, Mother of kings : reading royal ideology in the Devī Māhātmya
"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"

Sujet(s) : Purāna. Mārkaṇḍeya-Purāṇa. Devīmāhātmya  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Déesses hindoues  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Rois et souverains -- Religion -- Hindouisme  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Indice(s) Dewey :  294.5 (23e éd.) = Hindouisme  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781138609570. - ISBN 1138609579. - ISBN 9780429466120 (erroné)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb45532543s

Notice n° :  FRBNF45532543 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : Introduction: Framing ascetics, framing kings ; Framing the framing: focusing the study of the Devī Māhātmya ; Finding the forest hermit: ascetic ideology in the Devī Māhātmya ; Mother of kings: royal ideology in the Devī Māhātmya ; Reading the ring: focusing the frame of the Devī Māhātmya ; Mother of power: focusing the Goddess of the Devī Māhātmya ; Conclusion: Framing frontier.