Aesthetic Textures: Living Traditions of the Mahabharata

Kaushal, Molly and Kumar, Sukrita Paul

Aesthetic Textures: Living Traditions of the Mahabharata - New Delhi Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts 2019 - 464p 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Poetics and Ethics
1. Poetic Vision in the Mahabharata
Radhavallabh Tripathi
2. Ethical Dilemmas in the Mahabharata
- Kavita A. Sharma
3. Mahabharata and Modern Dilemmas
A Search for a Living Tradition beyond Metaphysical Trappings
Section II
- Sehdev Kumar
Translations, Adaptations and Variations
4. Ashvamedha Parva of Vyasa and Jaimini - A Comparison
Shekhar Sen
5. Variations on Vyasa: The First Bengali Mahabharata
- Pradip Bhattacharya
6. Mahabharata: A Symbol of Composite Culture during
the Mediaeval Period
Mansura Haidar
7. The Mahabharata through the Eyes of Two Jaina Poets
of Karnataka
-HS Shiva Prakash
8. Mahabharata and Regional Variations: Sarala Mahabharata
in the Folklore of Odisha
-Mahendra K. Mishra
9. Mahabharata in the Literature and Lore of Kashmir
-S.S. Toshkhani
Section III
Folk and Tribal Traditions
10. Folk Adaptations of the Mahabharata: The Parallel Journey
of Rajasthani Literature
-Chandra Prakash Deval
11. Bhilo nu Bharath in the Sociocultural and Religious Life of the Bhils
-Bhagwandas Patel
12. The Mahabharata in Adivasi Narrative, Creation, Myth, and
Folk Theatre: Bhima's Persona in the Folklore of Gondwana- Chhattisgarh Region
-N.K. Das
13. Gond Pandavani: A Narration by Pardhans
- Vasant Nirgune
14. Mahabharata: Tangibility of the Intangible
-A.K. Das
Section IV
The Himalayan Complex
15. Sacred Landscape of the Pandavas in Garhwal
-D.R. Purohit
16. Multiple Realities, Realpolitik, and Anti-heroes
Duryodhana and Karna of the Himalaya in a Secularizing India
-Lokesh Ohri
17. Worship of Heroes and Anti-heroes of the Mahabharata
in Western Uttarakhand: Changing Self-perceptions and the Intimate Divine
Neeru Nanda
18. The Mahabharata Lore: Temples and Legends in the Beas-Yamuna Region
-O.C. Handa
Section V
Performance Traditions
19. Thoda Dance-Drama Tradition in Himachal Pradesh
-Tulsi Raman
20. Pandavayana: Pandava Gatha Singing
- Lalita Kaushal
21. Lord Krishna in Jatra: The Popular Theatre of Bengal
Soumen Sen
22. The Mahabharata, A Voyage into Celestial Space and Time:
A Study of the Cult Tradition in South India
Pulikonda Subbachary
23. "Making That Young Bride a Widow, Whoever She
May Be": Aravan-Kuttantavar, From Kuvakkam to Coimbatore
Alf Hiltebeitel
24. Mahabharata in Kutiyattam
G. Venu
25. Fight between Narakasura and Satyabhama in Harivamsa
and Southern Performance Tradition
A. Purushothaman and A. Harindranath
26. From Nehru to Benegal: An Alternative Mahabharata
- Bodh Prakash

"Proceedings of International Conference organized by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts on the "Living Traditions of the Mahābhārata in 2011."--Jacket.

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Mahābhārata--Folklore--Congresses.
Mahābhārata--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Congresses.
Mahābhārata.


Folklore--India--Congresses.
Folklore.
Manners and customs.


India--Social life and customs--Congresses.
India.


Conference papers and proceedings.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Conference papers and proceedings.

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