Purāṇa Perennis: Reciprocity and Transformation in Hindu and Jaina Texts
Wendy 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.
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Contents
The Transparent Text Purdnic Trends in the Brhaddevata
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Echoes of the Mahabharata Why is a Parrot the Narrator of the Bhagavata Purana and the Devlbhagavata Purana?
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The Scrapbook of Undeserved Salvation The Kedara Khanda of the Skanda Purana
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From South to North and Back Again
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Purdnā as Brahminic Ideology
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On Folk Mythologies and Folk Pur anas
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Remaking a Purāna The Rescue of Gajendra in Polands Telugu Mahabhagavatamu
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Information and TransformationTwo Faces of the Puranas
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From Hindu to Jaina and Back Again
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An Overview of the Jaina Purānas
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Jaina Purānas A Purānic Counter Tradition
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Notes
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Contributors
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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 devotion dharma Digambara divine elephant Epic episode father Gajendra goddess gods Hardy Harivamsa Harivamsa Purana heaven heroes Hindu human ideology Indra Jaina authors Jaina Purāņas Jaina tradition Jaina version Jaini Jina Jinasena Kāla Kedāra Khaṇḍa Khanda king Kṛṣṇa Lakṣmaṇa linga literature Lord Mahabharata Mahāvīra mantra mother myth mythology Nārada Narayana Rao narrated narrative Nemi nymphs O'Flaherty pañcalakṣaṇa Pāṇḍavas Parikṣit Parvati Paümacariya poet Potana praise Prati-vasudevas Purāṇa Purāņic Pururavas puruṣas Rāma Rāmāyaṇa Ṛg Veda ritual Rṣabha ṛşi ṛṣis sacrifice sage salākā purusas Sanskrit Sanskrit text Śiva Skanda South Indian story stotra Suka Sūta Svetambara Tamil tells Telugu temple tion Tirthankaras told University Urvasi Vaiṣṇava Vasudeva Vedic Velcheru Narayana Rao verse Vimalasūri Viṣṇu Vyasa Wendy Doniger wife worship