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A possible deliberate Mahābhārata-echo in the imagery of the Buddhacarita compounded-rūpakas

open access: yesRhesis, 2019
The main focus of the paper is to tentatively document traces of hypertextuality between the Buddhacarita and the  Mahābhārata, under the assumption that Aśvaghoṣa probably knew this latter work, albeit non-definitive version of it.
Diletta Falqui
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A hundred grains of rice: regional Mahābhārata stories in performance

open access: yesThe South Asianist, 2017
This article explores the subject of regional folk stories found in various vernacular expressions of the Mahābhārata. In particular, the non-canonical stories of Śaśirekha and Śakuni as found in several Telugu versions of the Mahābhārata story are taken
Srinivas Reddy
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Damayanti, de víctima a heroína o una prueba de fidelidad

open access: yesKáñina, 2015
Nala y Damayantī es una interpolación de la gran obra épica india el Mahābhārata, cuyo personaje principal es la heroína Damayantī. Sufre el destierro y los peligros de la selva inhóspita.
Sol Argüello Scriba
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Agonistic Scenes of the mahāvrata Rite

open access: yesCracow Indological Studies
The present paper focuses on one of the competitive scenes staged during the Vedic classical mahāvrata rite: a sort of “agonistic” play performed between someone defined as abhigara, basically translated as “praiser,” and someone who is called apagara ...
Paola M. Rossi
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Bhishma as a Superman in the Mahabharata

open access: yesThe Outlook: Journal of English Studies, 2020
This article explores and interprets Bhishma, one of the great heroes in the classical epic the Mahabharata, from the perspective of superman that the great philosopher Nietzsche postulates in his great work Thus Spoke Zarathustra. The superman is one of the alluring concepts in the domain of entire philosophy.
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Online Ludo: A Legal Conundrum and a Lurking Risk for Gambling Disorder. [PDF]

open access: yesIndian J Psychol Med, 2023
Ghosh S, Gupta S, Rozatkar AR, Modak T.
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A Pacifistic Study of the Mahabharata

open access: yes, 2020
I have tried to apply the pacifistic approach in the reading of the great Hindu epic the Mahabharata that is supposed to have included the entire world within as far as philosophies and knowledge are concerned.
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The Nexus of Feminine Empowerment and Mythic Revisionism: Contesting Gendered Ontologies within the Contours of Anand Neelakantan’s Ajaya: Roll of the Dice and Rise of Kali

open access: yesILN Journal: Indian Literary Narratives
This study critically examines Anand Neelakantan’s Ajaya duology—Ajaya: Roll of the Dice and Rise of Kali—as a transformative mythopoetic retelling of the Mahabharata that foregrounds gendered agency and ethical pluralism.
Vijay Karthic R
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