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In analyzing the parallels between myths glorifying the Indian Great Goddess, Durga, and those glorifying the Sun, Surya
,
found in the
Marka¿¿eya Pura¿a
, this book argues for an ideological ecosystem at work in the
privileging worldly values, of which Indian kings, the Goddess (Devi), the Sun (Surya), Manu and Marka¿¿eya himself are paragons.
This book features a salient discovery in Sanskrit narrative text: just as the
houses the
Devi Mahatmya
glorifying the supremacy of the Indian Great Goddess, Durga, it also houses a
Surya Mahatmya
, glorifying the supremacy of the Sun, Surya, in much the same manner. This book argues that these
mahatmyas
were meaningfully and purposefully positioned in the
, while previous scholarship has considered this haphazard interpolation for sectarian aims. The book demonstrates that deliberate compositional strategies make up the Saura–Sakta symbiosis found in these mirrored
. Moreover, the author explores what he calls the "dharmic double helix" of Brahmanism, most explicitly articulated by the structural opposition between
prav¿tti
(worldly) and
niv¿tti
(other-worldy)
dharmas
.
As the first narrative study of the
, along with the first study of the
(or any Pura¿a), as a narrative whole, this book will be of interest to academics in the field of Religion, Hindu Studies, South Asian Studies, Goddess Studies, Narrative Theory and Comparative Mythology.
,
found in the
Marka¿¿eya Pura¿a
, this book argues for an ideological ecosystem at work in the
privileging worldly values, of which Indian kings, the Goddess (Devi), the Sun (Surya), Manu and Marka¿¿eya himself are paragons.
This book features a salient discovery in Sanskrit narrative text: just as the
houses the
Devi Mahatmya
glorifying the supremacy of the Indian Great Goddess, Durga, it also houses a
Surya Mahatmya
, glorifying the supremacy of the Sun, Surya, in much the same manner. This book argues that these
mahatmyas
were meaningfully and purposefully positioned in the
, while previous scholarship has considered this haphazard interpolation for sectarian aims. The book demonstrates that deliberate compositional strategies make up the Saura–Sakta symbiosis found in these mirrored
. Moreover, the author explores what he calls the "dharmic double helix" of Brahmanism, most explicitly articulated by the structural opposition between
prav¿tti
(worldly) and
niv¿tti
(other-worldy)
dharmas
.
As the first narrative study of the
, along with the first study of the
(or any Pura¿a), as a narrative whole, this book will be of interest to academics in the field of Religion, Hindu Studies, South Asian Studies, Goddess Studies, Narrative Theory and Comparative Mythology.
In analyzing the parallels between myths glorifying the Indian Great Goddess, Durga, and those glorifying the Sun, Surya
,
found in the
Marka¿¿eya Pura¿a
, this book argues for an ideological ecosystem at work in the
privileging worldly values, of which Indian kings, the Goddess (Devi), the Sun (Surya), Manu and Marka¿¿eya himself are paragons.
This book features a salient discovery in Sanskrit narrative text: just as the
houses the
Devi Mahatmya
glorifying the supremacy of the Indian Great Goddess, Durga, it also houses a
Surya Mahatmya
, glorifying the supremacy of the Sun, Surya, in much the same manner. This book argues that these
mahatmyas
were meaningfully and purposefully positioned in the
, while previous scholarship has considered this haphazard interpolation for sectarian aims. The book demonstrates that deliberate compositional strategies make up the Saura–Sakta symbiosis found in these mirrored
. Moreover, the author explores what he calls the "dharmic double helix" of Brahmanism, most explicitly articulated by the structural opposition between
prav¿tti
(worldly) and
niv¿tti
(other-worldy)
dharmas
.
As the first narrative study of the
, along with the first study of the
(or any Pura¿a), as a narrative whole, this book will be of interest to academics in the field of Religion, Hindu Studies, South Asian Studies, Goddess Studies, Narrative Theory and Comparative Mythology.
,
found in the
Marka¿¿eya Pura¿a
, this book argues for an ideological ecosystem at work in the
privileging worldly values, of which Indian kings, the Goddess (Devi), the Sun (Surya), Manu and Marka¿¿eya himself are paragons.
This book features a salient discovery in Sanskrit narrative text: just as the
houses the
Devi Mahatmya
glorifying the supremacy of the Indian Great Goddess, Durga, it also houses a
Surya Mahatmya
, glorifying the supremacy of the Sun, Surya, in much the same manner. This book argues that these
mahatmyas
were meaningfully and purposefully positioned in the
, while previous scholarship has considered this haphazard interpolation for sectarian aims. The book demonstrates that deliberate compositional strategies make up the Saura–Sakta symbiosis found in these mirrored
. Moreover, the author explores what he calls the "dharmic double helix" of Brahmanism, most explicitly articulated by the structural opposition between
prav¿tti
(worldly) and
niv¿tti
(other-worldy)
dharmas
.
As the first narrative study of the
, along with the first study of the
(or any Pura¿a), as a narrative whole, this book will be of interest to academics in the field of Religion, Hindu Studies, South Asian Studies, Goddess Studies, Narrative Theory and Comparative Mythology.
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