Ekalavya and Mahābhārata 1.121–28

Brodbeck, Simon

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“…The World Sanskrit Conference always has sessions dedicated to Mbh studies; Brockington () has 14 essays exploring aspects of the Mbh, including contributions by well‐known scholars in the field (Hiltebeitel, Fitzgerald, Brodbeck, Malinar, Hegarty, and others). Simon Brodbeck's studies (Brodbeck ; Brodbeck ; Brodbeck , and others) reflect expertise on the text, skill in translation, and a concern for under‐theorized issues. Two fine articles by Tieken (, ) show links between earlier and later portions of the Mbh, which ‘testify to a grand design underlying the story as a whole’ (Tieken : 6).…”

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An Overview of Mahābhārata Scholarship: A Perspective on the State of the Field

Sullivan

2016

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Mahābhārata (Mbh) studies are a vibrant field of academic study in which many scholars contribute to our understanding of one of the world's most fascinating literary achievements. Works here discussed include monographs and articles in English that represent the most significant efforts in our understanding of this text in recent years, as well as examples of fiction based on the h that demonstrate its ongoing appeal.

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An Overview of Mahābhārata Scholarship: A Perspective on the State of the Field

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2016

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“…'Ring composition' has been generally described by Douglas in Thinking in Circles (2007), and has been identified in many ancient Indian texts in recent decades (see e.g. Brereton 1999;Johnson 2001: xi-xiv;Hock 2002;Jamison 2004;Brodbeck 2006;Jamison 2007: 78-89;Huìfēng 2015;Balkaran 2019: 88-117, 131-36). In both of her cited papers Jamison calls this an omphalos structure, 'omphalos' being the Greek word for 'navel'the middle, the centre.…”

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“…Previously I have explored the patrilineal pattern in the Bhārata-Kuru genealogy that is the main subject of the Sanskrit Mahābhārata (Brodbeck 2009). The present article began as an attempt to explore the same theme in the genealogy of the Yādava-Vṛṣṇis.…”

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Patrilocality in the Harivamsa’s Visnuparvan

Brodbeck¹

2021

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This article suggests that the principle of patrilocality, as espoused by Krsna and Baladeva, can be applied as an interpretive frame to almost all of the narrative material that Vaisampayana presents to Janamejaya in the Harivamsa’s Visnuparvan (Hv 46–113), and that the principle of patrilocality is thus a key theme of the Visnuparvan, with Krsna and Baladeva as its heroes. This suggestion is supported by an overview of the Visnuparvan’s narrative from beginning to end, in eleven sections which repeatedly feature—or can be interpreted to feature—conflict with in-law families about where a couple will have children, and which of the two families the children will be raised for.

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“…This massacre is explicitly designed to annihilate Drupada's line (10.3:28). It is the last act in a longstanding feud between Droṇa's family and Drupada's (see Brodbeck 2006 and 2009c); but in terms of the Mahābhārata as a tale of the Bhārata patriline, its effect is to efface any Pāñcāla influence or ancestry within that patriline. If in Mārkaṇḍeya's narrative the putrikā possibility is suppressed by Sāvitrī's reformation, in Vaiśaṃpāyana's it is suppressed by this massacre, as perpetrated by Śiva in the guise of Aśvatthāman.…”

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“…It is the last act in a longstanding feud between Dron . a's family and Drupada's (see Brodbeck 2006 and2009c); but in terms of the Mahābhārata as a tale of the Bhārata patriline, its effect is to efface any Pāñcāla influence or ancestry within that patriline. If in Mārkan .…”

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The Story of Sāvitrī in theMahābhārata: a Lineal Interpretation

Brodbeck¹

2013

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This paper presents a new interpretation of the story of Sāvitrī as presented in theMahābhārata. Sāvitrī is viewed as an intendedputrikā, or lineal daughter, for her father, and the death of her husband and the misfortunes of her father-in-law are explained as corollaries of this circumstance; but at the last minute Sāvitrī switches her allegiance to her husband and his line, becoming apativratārather than aputrikā. Following a prompt in theMahābhāratatext, the paper concludes with an exploration, on the Sāvitrī model, of Draupadī's relationship to the Pāṇḍava line. The death of the Draupadeyas and the resuscitation of Parikṣit are viewed in terms of a symbolic switch from theputrikāto thepativratāmode of operation.

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Ekalavya and Mahābhārata 1.121–28

Cited by 12 publications

References 40 publications

An Overview of Mahābhārata Scholarship: A Perspective on the State of the Field

An Overview of Mahābhārata Scholarship: A Perspective on the State of the Field

Patrilocality in the Harivamsa’s Visnuparvan

The Story of Sāvitrī in theMahābhārata: a Lineal Interpretation

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