| Dharma, Disorder and the Political in Ancient India: The Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata Contributor(s): Bowles, Adam (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004158154 ISBN-13: 9789004158153 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $196.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science - Religion | Hinduism - General - History | Asia - General |
| Dewey: 294.592 |
| LCCN: 2007031994 |
| Series: Brill's Indological Library |
| Physical Information: 448 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Middle East - Religious Orientation - Hindu |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Āpaddharmaparvan, 'the book on conduct in times of distress', is an important section of the great Sanskrit epic the Mahābhārata which, despite its significance for Mahābhārata studies and for the history of Indian social and political thought, has received little attention in scholarly literature. This book places the Āpaddharmaparvan within its literary and ideological contexts. In so doing it explores the development of a conception of brahmanic kingship morally justifiable within the terms of a debate largely set by various alternative social movements of the period. This book further explores the implications for our understanding of the Mahābhārata that follow from the Āpaddharmaparvan's presentation as a poetically cohesive unit within itself and within the wider parameters of the Mahābhārata. |