This volume brings together a number of seminal studies pre­sented at the International Conference on Great Indian Epics held in February 2019 at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. It adds a new dimension to the subject with historical scholarship and critical interpretation, reflecting compre­hensiveness, unity & clarity.
This volume brings together a number of seminal studies pre­sented at the International Conference on Great Indian Epics held in February 2019 at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi by scholars from various parts of the world. Each article adds a new dimension to the subject with historical scholarship and critical interpretation, reflecting compre­hensiveness, unity, clarity and rightness of perception. This definitive work adds to our knowledge of the epics and their infinite influence.
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1. The Tradition of the Mahbhrata in Eastern India: Similarities and
Variations
2. Peace or War?: Remarks on the Pre-war Deliberations in the
Sra Mahbhrata
3. Why the Common Roots of Homer and Vysa?
4. On the
Palm-leaf Manuscript of the Sra Mahbhrata Discovered in Japan
5. The
Rebirth of an Epic: Siddheswars Bichitra Rmyaa
6. The Sra
Mahbhrata in the Cultural Context of Odisha
7. The Relevance of the
Vlmki Rmyaa for Transforming Leaders and Leadership
8. Representation
in Medieval Epic Narrative: Locating Narrative Theory and Praxis in Sra
Mahbhrata
9. Vernacularization of Indian Epics: A Silent Subaltern
Awakening
10. Biardeaus Rendering of the Mahbhrata in the French
Indological Traditions
11. Epics as Pandoras Box to Seek Answers of the
Present in the Past for the Future
12. Relevance of the Mahbhrata in
Contemporary Political Thought
Udayanath Sahoo is Adikabi Sarala Das Chair Professor for Odia Studies at Centre for Indian Languages, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. An international researcher of epic narrative, he has done extensive comparative research on the tradition of Mahabharata and Bhagvata in eastern India. His research area also includes linguistic analysis, machine translation and textual criticism of palm-leaf manuscripts.
Shobha Rani Dash is at the Department of Buddhist Studies, Otani University, Kyoto, Japan. Her research area is textual criticism of palm-leaf manuscripts.
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