World of Wonders
The Work of Adbhutarasa in the Mahabharata and the Harivamsa
$317.53
- Hardcover
368 pages
- Release Date
10 March 2021
Summary
In World of Wonders, Alf Hiltebeitel addresses the Mahabharata and its supplement, the Harivamsa, as a single literary composition. Looking at the work through the critical lens of the Indian aesthetic theory of rasa, “juice, essence, or taste,” he argues that the dominant rasa of these two texts is adbhutarasa, the “mood of wonder.” While the Mahabharata signposts whole units of the text as “wondrous” in its table of contents, the Harivamsa foregrounds a stepped-up term for wonder (…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780197538227 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0197538223 |
| Author: | Hiltebeitel |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 10 March 2021 |
| Weight: | 653g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 163mm x 237mm |
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Critics Review
With this book Hiltebeitel has taken advantage of the artistic licence that his stature permits; but in so doing he has produced a last testament that reflects his intrepid character to a high degree, and that will be treasured by those whose interest in the Mahābhārata he has done so much to encourage and facilitate. * Simon Brodbeck, Religions of South Asia *
Hiltebeitel
Alf Hiltebeitel is Columbian Professor of Religion, History, and Human Sciences, Emeritus, at George Washington University. He is a historian of religion, with primary interests in Hinduism, with ongoing interests in South Asian religions, Daoism, and the comparative study of Judaism and Christianity. He works mainly on the two Sanskrit epics, the Mahabharata (including the Harivamsa) and the Ramayana, and does fieldwork on the Tamil Draupadi cult, which worships the Mahabharata’s leading heroine.
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