Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics: Draupadi among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits (Religion and Postmodernism Series (CHUP))

Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics: Draupadi among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits (Religion and Postmodernism Series (CHUP))

by Alf Hiltebeitel (Author), Alf Hiltebeitel (Author)

Synopsis

An exploration into South Asia's regional epic traditions. The author draws on his own fieldwork and analyzes how the oral tradition of the south Indian cult of the goddess Draupadi and five regional martial oral epics compare with one another and tie in with the Sanskrit epics.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 574
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 10 May 1999

ISBN 10: 0226340511
ISBN 13: 9780226340517