Andrijanic, Ivan and Sellmer, Sven <br/><br/>
On the Growth and Composition of the Sanskrit Epics and Puranas: Relationship to Kavya, Social and Economic Context: Proceedings of the Fifth Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanskrit Epics and Puranas August 2008  

 - New Delhi   Dev Publishers and Distributors   2020 
 - 520p 
<br/><br/>Growth of the Sanskrit Epic and Puranic Texts <br/>The Archetypal Design of the Two Sanskrit Epic.........21<br/>A Computational Approach to the Text History of the Ramayana ..................41<br/>Ramayana and Dasarathajataka ..............63<br/>Cosmogony in the Transition from Epic to Puranic Literature .......117<br/>Social and Economic Context <br/>Asramas, Agraharas, and Monasteries ....137<br/>A Probe for Economic Data in the Markandeyasamasyaparvan of the Mahabharata...........161<br/>Drona and Bhisma as Borderline Cases in Brahmanical Systematization .....25<br/>How Did Madri Die and why was she Burnt Twice ........247<br/>The Strange story of Princess Madhavi ............281<br/>Composition and Narrative Strategies in the Puranas <br/>Mapping the Bhagavatpurana .......307<br/>Textual Strategies, Empowerment and True Discourse in the Bhagavatpurana .............339<br/>Precept, Practice, and Persuasion: Truth and Heresy in the Visnupurana ........373<br/>The Sanskrit Epics and Kavya <br/>Asvaghosa and the Brahmanical Theology of the Epic and Dharmasastras .........395<br/>The Nalopakhyana Seen through the Lens of Kavya ............405<br/>The Repudiation of Sita in Canto XX of the Bhattikavya with Special Reference to the Use of Imperatives ...........417<br/>Rama`s Story in Kalidasa`s Raghuvamsa ..........433<br/>Word Studies <br/>Aspects of Manas int he Mahabharata .....449<br/>Sanskrit Reciprocal Pronouns ........467<br/><br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789381406915 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>S37  / AN280