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A Deconstruction of the Mahabharata: When Draupadi Writes Back
From a post-colonial and gender perspective I examine R.K. Narayan’s The Mahabharata (1978), Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Palace of Illusions (2008) and Mahasweta Devi’s “Draupadi” (1997), in order to analyze how they have rewritten the ancient myth
Ana García-Arroyo
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Translation as a ‘Superhuman’ Feat: A Metrical Mahābhārata in Malayalam
Koṭuṅṅallūr Kuññikkuṭṭan Tampurān (1864–1913) completed a verse translation of the Mahābhārata in just 874 days, reproducing the exact metres of the original text.
Rajendran Chettiarthodi
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Discussing Hindu Studies From the Inside Out
Religious Studies Review, Volume 51, Issue 2, Page 373-385, June 2025.
Divya Cherian +3 more
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Competitiveness in Sacred Learning
The current notion of the Vrātyas aggressivity seems to be mainly based on certain Vedic texts that record a biased account of their history. It is usually assumed that relevant passages refer to the aggression displayed by the Vrātyas during verbal ...
Diletta Falqui
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Visual Adaptation Of Wayang Characters In Teguh Santosa’s Comic Art
Wayang tradition with its Indian epics of Mahabharata and Ramayana adaptations is the Indonesian high culture acknowledged by UNESCO since 2003. Its stories and characterizations has become philosophical, moral ethics and character learning for the ...
Mohammad Isa Pramana Koesoemadinata
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Draupadi’s Disrobing and the Male Gaze: A Feminist Perspective on the Digital Adaptations of the Mahabharata [PDF]
The epic Mahabharata has been adapted into varied genres—theatre, dance, movie, fiction, and television serial. This paper shall focus on two televised versions—one directed by B. R. Chopra and the other by Siddharth Tewary.
Suchitra Rani MAHATO +2 more
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Isteni hősök, hős istenek a „Mahábhárata” névadásában
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Hajnalka Szamos
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Schuster/Niccolini: Mahabharata 2.0
Crítica ao espectáculo de marionetas Mahabharata, de Massimo Schuster e Francesco Niccolini, com encenação, manipulação e interpretação de Massimo Schuster; Festival Internacional de Marionetas do Porto, 2004.
Fernando Matos Oliveira
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Mahabharata is to be considered as the soul of Indian civilization. The contents of the great epic reflect the nature of the human relation to the society. It is also observed that, the ideas of Mahabharata purify the dirt of the society by imposing its power against the evil.
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Speaking the Forbidden: mlecchavāc in Mahābhārata 1.135
In Indian xenology, the term mleccha refers to an individual who does not conform to the social and linguistic norms of the Āryas. Studies have analysed its multiple uses, including its role in toponymy, religious taboos, and ethnicity.
Diletta Falqui
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