Arjuna Pandava: The Double Hero in Epic Mahabharata
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Arjuna Pandava: The Double Hero in Epic Mahabharata


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Why should Arjuna, a late Bronze Age hero in the epic Mahabharata, be worshipped today and receive popular devotion, not just in India but throughout the world? Mahabharata scholar Kevin McGrath addresses this question through an examination of Arjunașs presence in the Pune Critical Edition of the epic. According to him, the heroic Arjuna, the perfect warrior, acquired such significance because of his dual natureȔhe exists simultaneously in two worlds, the human and the supernatural. This duality is intrinsic to the nature and character of Arjuna, as well as to the narrative of the epic itself.

Through his text-based analysis of the mortal-immortal Arjunașs significance, the author explores what characterises this category of hero, figures who are neither deities nor simple mortal beings, but who make up a unique group of beings by themselves. He also draws connections between the myth of poetry and its potential for ritual and cult; the book is a commentary on the poetic thought processes that formed the basis of the early tradition of composition in preliterate poetry. As the first study of the late Bronze Age period in which the Mahabharata is set, McGrath also provides us with an understanding of how kinship systems worked during that time and how political alliances functioned.

With its well-tested and innovative concepts and methods of analysis that will change contemporary understandings of epic heroes and heroines, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Indian history, cultural studies, language and literature and sociology.


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  • ISBN-13: 9788125063094
  • Publisher: ORIENT BLACKSWAN PRIVATE LIMITED
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Language: English
  • Width: 218 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8125063099
  • Publisher Date: 28 July 2016
  • Height: 18 mm
  • Weight: 0 gr

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