Epics, Khilas, and Puranas: Continuities and Ruptures: Proceedings of the Third Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanskrit Epics and Puranas September 2002

Epics, Khilas and Puranas Continuities and Rupures.......1
1. Epics..........19
The Vedas and the Epics, Some Comparative Notes on Person, Lineages, Geography, and Grammar.........21
Weighting Orality and Writing in the Sanskrit Epics ............81
The Nalopakhyana as a Calendar Myth .........113
Toward a Database of the Non-Anustubh Verses of the Mahabharath ..........137
Dyuta in the Sabhaparvan of the Mahabharata: Part of Rajasuya Sacrifice and Or Potlatch and or Daiva and Or ...........149
Udakakriya and the Santiparvan.............169
Bhakti Interpolations and Additions in the Bhagavadgita.........183
The Gita Versus the Anugtt: Were Samkhya and Yoga ever Really One ..............221
Can a Monkey play a Bitch : Hanumant and Sarama.......255
2. Harivamsa, The Khila ...........295
Rama Dasarathi, The Absent Presence in the Harivamsa ...........297
Siva in the Harivamsa ...........325
Jarasamdha ...........347
Duplicates in the Somavamsa account of the Harivamsa: Early Text historical Developments in the Harivamsaparvan.............363
The Meaning of the Word Yoga or Yogin in the Puskarapradurbhava section of the Harivamsa ..............389
3. Puranas ...........435
The Setting of Puranas ......437
How Puranas Relate the Mahabharata..............465
The Pravrtti-Nivrtti Chapters in the Markandeyapurana .....................495
The Story of Kausika ................517
From the Vayuprokta to the Vayu and Brahmanda Puranas .........535
The Nirukti of Karohana in the Skandapurana ............561
Sivadharmottarapurana ..............575
Paumacariya- Padmacarita ..................597