ABSTRACT
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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TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter Chapter 1|10 pages
The Tradition of the Mahābhārata in Eastern India: Similarities and Variations
chapter Chapter 2|15 pages
Peace or War?
Remarks on the Pre-war Deliberations in the Sāraḷā Mahābhārata
chapter Chapter 4|14 pages
On the Palm-leaf Manuscript of the Sāraḷā Mahābhārata Discovered in Japan 1
chapter Chapter 7|14 pages
Relevance of the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa for Transforming Leaders and Leadership 1
chapter Chapter 8|14 pages
Representation in Medieval Epic Narrative
Locating Narrative Theory and Praxis in Sāraḷā Mahābhārata