The Mahābhārata has been explored extensively as a work of mythology, epic poetry, and religious literature, but the text’s philosophical dimensions have largely been under-appreciated by Western scholars. This book explores the philosophical implications of the Mahābhārata by paying attention to the centrality of dialogue, both as the text’s prevailing literary expression and its organising structure. Focusing on five sets of dialogues about controversial moral problems in the central story, this book shows that philosophical deliberation is an integral part of the narrative. Black argues that by paying attention to how characters make arguments and how dialogues unfold, we can better appreciate the Mahābhārata’s philosophical significance and its potential contribution to debates in comparative philosophy today. This is a fresh perspective on the Mahābhārata that will be of great interest to any scholar working in religious studies, Indian/South Asian religions, comparative philosophy, and world literature.
The work with which the Hanumad-Bhīma-Samāgama is in dialogue could be the Mahābhārata's 'Rāmopākhyāna' subtale, called 'the Rāmāyaṇa subtale' in the Mahābhārata's table of contents.17 Perhaps both textual versions of Rāma's story, ...
CHAPTER 14 Two Dialogues of Janaka — One with the Saintly Woman Sulabhā , and Another with His Wife 14.1 . King Janaka plays an important role in the dharma - related dialogues in the Mahābhārata . One of these dialogues was with ...
If one posits composition of the Mahābhārata by a committee or atelier of poets over a short period of no more than two generations, as I do, then later could mean anything from right after or consecutively to at most a few decades.53 ...
Cultures and Religions in Dialogue: Part Two—Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue
This book is the first to explore the literary dimensions of dialogue in South Asian religious sources, helping to reframe the study of other literary traditions around the world.
This dialogue is one of the few scenes in the Mahābhārata that is narrated by a female character. Kunts is also the only female character in the text to narrate an updkhyāna (see 1.112). For more on updkhyānas, samvadas and other genres ...
For a history of such prominence and influence as the Mahabharata, it is important to get the story right. So pick this book up, sit back and unveil the lesser-known facts and truths about the great epic.
Difference, Dialogue, and Development is an in-depth exploration of the collected works of Mikhail Bakhtin to find relevance of key concepts of dialogism for understanding various aspects of human development.
“Dialogue and Apostrophe: A Move by Vālmīki” In Dialogue in Early South Asian Religions: Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain, edited by Brian Black and Laurie Patton. 37–77. London: Ashgate. Hiltebeitel, Alf. 2015b. “Introducing the Mahābhārata.
The Story of Yayāti is almost entirely told in dialogue , so vividly that it can practically be divided into acts ; it is easy to see how Sanskrit theater could have developed out of such dramatic bardic dialogues .