TY - BOOK AU - Koskikallio, Petteri TI - Parallels and Comparisons: Proceedings of the Fourth Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanksrit Epics and Puranas September 2005 SN - 9789381406922 U1 - S37 PY - 2020/// CY - New Delhi PB - Dev Publishers and Distributors N1 - 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 ER -