Hegarty, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4769-2449 2017. Exploring the conversations of kings and sages in the sanskrit epics: the case of Jābāli and Rāma. Proceedings of the Epic Studies Panel of the 16th World Sanskrit Conference, Bangkok, Sanskrit Studies Centre, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, |
Abstract
In the present paper I explore the interaction of Rāma with Jābāli in the Rāmāyaṇa. I show that the encounter is one that offers key insights into the role of literary dialogue in the staging of religious debate in early South Asia. I also argue that the exploration of the ways in which kings and sages are represented in dialogue contributes, albeit speculatively, to the history of the constitution and re-constitution of the religious and political status quo in successive periods of early Indian history.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Date Type: | Submission |
Status: | Submitted |
Schools: | History, Archaeology and Religion |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion D History General and Old World > DS Asia |
Publisher: | Sanskrit Studies Centre, Silpakorn University, Bangkok |
Last Modified: | 02 Nov 2022 11:53 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/103480 |
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