Purāṇa Perennis: Reciprocity and Transformation in Hindu and Jaina TextsWendy Doniger In this volume, leading American, European, and Indian scholars including John E. Cort, Friedhelm Hardy, Padmanabh S. Jaini, Laurie L. Patton, A. K. Ramanujan, Velcheru Narayana Rao, and David Shulman discuss the subject of the Purāṇas, focusing particularly on the relationship between the "Great Puran'as" of the Sanskrit tradition and the many other sorts of Purāṇas. The Puran'as are essentially collections of stories dealing with all aspects of myth, ritual, science, and history, and the authors of these essays are all superb storytellers. |
Contents
Purāņic Trends in | 3 |
Why is a Parrot | 31 |
4 | 85 |
On Folk Mythologies and Folk Purāņas | 101 |
The Rescue of Gajendra | 121 |
Two Faces | 159 |
8 | 185 |
A Purāņic Counter | 207 |
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Common terms and phrases
A. K. Ramanujan asked avatars Baladevas Balarama become Bhāgavata Purāṇa bhakti Bharata birth born Brahma Brāhmaṇa Brahminic Brahminic Purāņas Bṛhaddevatā Cakravartins context deity Delhi demon Devibhāgavata devotion dharma Digambara divine edited elephant Epic episode father Gajendra goddess gods Hardy Harivamsa Harivamsa Purāņa heaven Hemacandra heroes Hindi Hindu human ideology Indra Jain Jaina Jaina authors Jaina Purāņas Jaina tradition Jaini Jina Jinasena Kedāra Khaṇḍa king Kṛṣṇa Lakṣmaṇa linga literature Lord Mahābhārata Mahāpurāṇa Mahāvīra mantra mother myth mythology Nārada Narayana Rao narrated narrative Nemi nymphs O'Flaherty pańcalakṣaṇa Pāṇḍavas Parikṣit Paümacariya poet Potana praise Prakrit Purāṇa Purāņas Purāņic puruṣas Rāma Rāmāyaṇa Ṛg Veda ritual Rṣabha ṛṣis sacrifice sage salākā puruṣas Sanskrit Sanskrit text Śiva Skanda South Indian story stotra Studies Śuka Sūta Svetambara Tamil tells Telugu temple tion Tirthankaras told translation University Vaiṣṇava Varanasi Vasudeva Veda Vedic verse Vimalasūri Viṣṇu Vyasa Wendy Doniger wife worship