Parallels and Comparisons: Proceedings of the Fourth Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanksrit Epics and Puranas September 2005
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Introduction : Parallels and Comparisons......1 Vedic Exegesis and Epic Poetry: A Note on Atrapi Udaharanti .......21 The Tristubh Hymn in the Bhagavadgita.......31 The Lunar Character of Balarama / Samkarsana .........67 The Hanging Man and Indo-European Mythology ......89 An Epithet in the Mahabharata: Mahabhaga..........107 Toward a Framing Bhisma`s Royal Instructions : The Mahabharata and the Problem of Its Design .........121 Towards a Semantics of the Mental in the Indian Epics.......181 Hanuman`s Jumps and their Mythical Models .........193 The Reasons for Visnu`s Descent in the Prologue to the Krsnacarita of the Harivamsa ..........221