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
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Why is a Parrot | 31 |
Purāņa as Brahminic Ideology | 85 |
On Folk Mythologies and Folk Purāņas | 101 |
The Rescue of Gajendra | 121 |
Two Faces | 159 |
An Overview of the Jaina Purāņas | 185 |
A Puranic Counter | 207 |
Notes | 251 |
Bibliography | 295 |
Contributors | 317 |
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Common terms and phrases
A. K. Ramanujan āņas asked avatars Baladevas Balarama become Bhāgavata Purāṇa bhakti Bharata birth born Brahma Brāhmaṇa Brahminic Brahminic Purāņas Bṛhaddevată Cakravartins context deity demon Devibhāgavata devotee dharma Digambara divine Edited elephant Epic episode father Gajendra goddess gods Hardy Harivamsa heaven heroes Hindu human ideology Indian Indra Jaina Jaina authors Jaina Purāņas Jaina tradition Jaina version Jaini Jina Jinasena Kāla Kedāra Khaṇḍa kill king Kṛṣṇa Lakṣmaṇa linga literature Lord Mahabharata Mahāvīra mantra mother myth mythology Nārada Narayana Rao narrated narrative Nemi nymphs O'Flaherty pañcalakṣaṇa Pāṇḍavas Parikṣit Pārvati Paümacariya poet Potana praise Prakrit Prati-vasudevas Purāṇa Purāņas Purāņic Pururavas puruṣas Rāma Rāmāyaṇa Ṛg Veda ritual Rṣabha ṛşi ṛṣis sacrifice sage salākā puruṣas Sanskrit Sanskrit text Śiva Skanda story stotra Suka Sūta Svetambara Tamil tells Telugu temple tion Tirthankaras told translation University Urvasi Vaiṣṇava Vasudeva Vedic verse Vimalasūri Viṣṇu Vyasa Wendy Doniger wife worship