Bruckner, Heidrun; Skyhawk, Hugh van & Zoller, Claus Peter (Eds.)
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Book ID : 32331
ISBN-10 : 81-7304-710-3 / 8173047103
ISBN-13 : 978-81-7304-710-7 / 9788173047107
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2007
Edition : (First Edition)
Language : English
xvi, 291p., Notes, Index, 25 cm.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- 1. A note on the Birth of the Hero in Ancient India; 2. The Hero in Sanskrit Drama; 3. Hanuman Mahavirasvami; 4. Two Clever Hero of Tamil Folk Narrative; 5. Kali – A Hero Between Tradition and Progress; 6. Hero and King; 7. The Frustrated Hero; 8. From Sacrificer to Hero; 9. The Hero in the junjappa Epic; 10. Leadership in Maharashtra during; 11. On Hero in the Karakoram; 12. Of Kings as Heroes; 13. Heroes in the caritra-Bakhar, Povada and Akhyana of Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Maharashtra; 14. Himalayan Heroes; 15. Contributors.
DESCRIPTION
The concept of the hero (vira, sura, nayaka) is of crucial importance in Indian civilization, from the vedic to the present times. The author of the papers in this volume includes scholars of Indology, history, religion, literature, politics and anthropology. They explore the concept of the hero in written in oral sources, in different historical epochs and regions of India, from the Himalayas to the south.
