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Research paper thumbnail of The Mahābhārata Patriline: Gender, Culture and the Royal Hereditary. By Simon Pearse Brodbeck. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2009. 329 pp. $99.95 (cloth)

The Journal of Asian Studies, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Ends and Closures in the Mahābhārata

International Journal of Hindu Studies, 2011

This paper reads the Mahåbhårata in an attempt to clarify how—or whether at all—it may be said to... more This paper reads the Mahåbhårata in an attempt to clarify how—or whether at all—it may be said to achieve closure. The term “closure” refers to the sense of resolution achieved when a narrative ends. In the case of the Mahåbhårata, a text that makes the totalizing claim about itself: “Regarding matters of righteousness, profit, love and liberation, what is here

Research paper thumbnail of Sacrificial Violence and Textual Battles: Inner Textual Interpretation in the Sanskrit Mahābhārata

History of Religions, 2001

... 152 Page 12. History of Religions yana. Thus, the Mongoose Unit seems to have been well estab... more ... 152 Page 12. History of Religions yana. Thus, the Mongoose Unit seems to have been well established in its place relatively early. There is no reason to consider it to be any more a latecomer than most other portions of the Parvan. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Jaiminleīya Āśvamedha Parva: Transcreated Śloka-by-Śloka from Sanskrit by Shekhar Kumar Sen; Pradip Bhattacharya

International Journal of Hindu Studies, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Dharma, Disorder and the Political in Ancient India: The Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata. Brill Indological Library, Vol. 28. By Adam Bowles. Leiden: Brill, 2007. 430 pp. $156.00 (cloth)

The Journal of Asian Studies, 2009

A treasury is essential for a kingdom's survival. A king, therefore, must fill his coffers a... more A treasury is essential for a kingdom's survival. A king, therefore, must fill his coffers at any cost, even if he has to behave like a bandit. In times of famine, a Brahman may even eat dog's flesh in order to stay alive. But what are the boundaries of such behavior? Under ...

Research paper thumbnail of Ends and Closures in the Mahābhārata

International Journal of Hindu Studies 15, 1: 9–53 , 2011

This article argues that one must look for more than one type of closure in the Mahābhārata, beca... more This article argues that one must look for more than one type of closure in the Mahābhārata, because it has many strands of meaning and raises many questions. These narrative strands are intertwined in the text, but through disentangling them we may learn much about the epic. The first part of the article will deal with the last four Parvans as narrated within the inner (Janamejaya – Vaiśapāyana) frame, and will examine what kind of closure(s) - or lack thereof - may be found in them. The second part will propose that the interruption of Janamejaya’s sacrifice, narrated in the first Parvan, and its conclusion, narrated in the fifteenth Parvan and in the very end, and situated within the outer (Śaunaka – Ugraśravs) frame, constitutes an alternative ending and suggests an alternative closure.

Research paper thumbnail of The Sacrifice of Battle and the Battle of Yoga, or How to Word Away a Discontented Wife

Notes from a Mandala: Essays in the History of Indian Religions in Honor of Wendy Doniger. Eds. Laurie L. Patton and David Haberman, the University of Delaware Press, 2010.

Research paper thumbnail of The Intruder at the Sacrifice: Three Different Epic Interpretations of a Vedic Motif

Language, Myth and Poetry in Ancient India and Iran A volume in honor of Prof. Shaul Migron. Jerusalem: The Israeli Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2010., 2010

Research paper thumbnail of The Critic of Ritual as Ritual Reviler in the Āshvamedhika Parvan of the Mahābhārata

The Mahābhārata: What is Not Here is No-where Else. Proceedings of the International Conference on the Mahābhārata held at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on 5.18-20.2001. Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi, 2005. , 2005

Research paper thumbnail of Sacrificial Violence and Textual Battles: Inner Textual Interpretation in the Sanskrit

History of Religions, 2001

Book Reviews by Tamar C Reich

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Alf Hiltebeitel, Rethinking The Mahabharata

International Journal of Hindu Studies, 2003

JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, a... more JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org.

Research paper thumbnail of A Review of The Mahābhārata Patriline, By Simon Pierce Brodbeck. Farnham: Review of Ashgate, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7546-6787-2 xi+329 pages.

The Journal of Hindu Studies, 5/2, 2012., 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Jaiminīya Āśvamedha Parva. Transcreated śloka-by-śloka by Shekhar Kumar Sen. Edited by Pradip Bhattacharya, Ph.D., Writers Workshop, 2008, 486 pages. International Journal of Hindu Studies 1, 2012.

International Journal of Hindu Studies 1, 2012. , 2012

Forthcoming by Tamar C Reich

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Alon Goshen-Gottstein: The Jewish Encounter with Hinduism: Wisdom, Spirituality, Identity Palgrave, Macmillan 2016. and Alon Goshen-Gottstein: Same God, Other God: Judaism, Hinduism and the Problem of Idolatry Palgrave, Macmillan 2016.

PaRDeS - Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien . e.v.

Research paper thumbnail of The Mahābhārata Patriline: Gender, Culture and the Royal Hereditary. By Simon Pearse Brodbeck. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2009. 329 pp. $99.95 (cloth)

The Journal of Asian Studies, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of Ends and Closures in the Mahābhārata

International Journal of Hindu Studies, 2011

This paper reads the Mahåbhårata in an attempt to clarify how—or whether at all—it may be said to... more This paper reads the Mahåbhårata in an attempt to clarify how—or whether at all—it may be said to achieve closure. The term “closure” refers to the sense of resolution achieved when a narrative ends. In the case of the Mahåbhårata, a text that makes the totalizing claim about itself: “Regarding matters of righteousness, profit, love and liberation, what is here

Research paper thumbnail of Sacrificial Violence and Textual Battles: Inner Textual Interpretation in the Sanskrit Mahābhārata

History of Religions, 2001

... 152 Page 12. History of Religions yana. Thus, the Mongoose Unit seems to have been well estab... more ... 152 Page 12. History of Religions yana. Thus, the Mongoose Unit seems to have been well established in its place relatively early. There is no reason to consider it to be any more a latecomer than most other portions of the Parvan. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Jaiminleīya Āśvamedha Parva: Transcreated Śloka-by-Śloka from Sanskrit by Shekhar Kumar Sen; Pradip Bhattacharya

International Journal of Hindu Studies, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Dharma, Disorder and the Political in Ancient India: The Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata. Brill Indological Library, Vol. 28. By Adam Bowles. Leiden: Brill, 2007. 430 pp. $156.00 (cloth)

The Journal of Asian Studies, 2009

A treasury is essential for a kingdom's survival. A king, therefore, must fill his coffers a... more A treasury is essential for a kingdom's survival. A king, therefore, must fill his coffers at any cost, even if he has to behave like a bandit. In times of famine, a Brahman may even eat dog's flesh in order to stay alive. But what are the boundaries of such behavior? Under ...

Research paper thumbnail of Ends and Closures in the Mahābhārata

International Journal of Hindu Studies 15, 1: 9–53 , 2011

This article argues that one must look for more than one type of closure in the Mahābhārata, beca... more This article argues that one must look for more than one type of closure in the Mahābhārata, because it has many strands of meaning and raises many questions. These narrative strands are intertwined in the text, but through disentangling them we may learn much about the epic. The first part of the article will deal with the last four Parvans as narrated within the inner (Janamejaya – Vaiśapāyana) frame, and will examine what kind of closure(s) - or lack thereof - may be found in them. The second part will propose that the interruption of Janamejaya’s sacrifice, narrated in the first Parvan, and its conclusion, narrated in the fifteenth Parvan and in the very end, and situated within the outer (Śaunaka – Ugraśravs) frame, constitutes an alternative ending and suggests an alternative closure.

Research paper thumbnail of The Sacrifice of Battle and the Battle of Yoga, or How to Word Away a Discontented Wife

Notes from a Mandala: Essays in the History of Indian Religions in Honor of Wendy Doniger. Eds. Laurie L. Patton and David Haberman, the University of Delaware Press, 2010.

Research paper thumbnail of The Intruder at the Sacrifice: Three Different Epic Interpretations of a Vedic Motif

Language, Myth and Poetry in Ancient India and Iran A volume in honor of Prof. Shaul Migron. Jerusalem: The Israeli Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2010., 2010

Research paper thumbnail of The Critic of Ritual as Ritual Reviler in the Āshvamedhika Parvan of the Mahābhārata

The Mahābhārata: What is Not Here is No-where Else. Proceedings of the International Conference on the Mahābhārata held at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on 5.18-20.2001. Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi, 2005. , 2005

Research paper thumbnail of Sacrificial Violence and Textual Battles: Inner Textual Interpretation in the Sanskrit

History of Religions, 2001

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Alf Hiltebeitel, Rethinking The Mahabharata

International Journal of Hindu Studies, 2003

JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, a... more JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org.

Research paper thumbnail of A Review of The Mahābhārata Patriline, By Simon Pierce Brodbeck. Farnham: Review of Ashgate, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7546-6787-2 xi+329 pages.

The Journal of Hindu Studies, 5/2, 2012., 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Jaiminīya Āśvamedha Parva. Transcreated śloka-by-śloka by Shekhar Kumar Sen. Edited by Pradip Bhattacharya, Ph.D., Writers Workshop, 2008, 486 pages. International Journal of Hindu Studies 1, 2012.

International Journal of Hindu Studies 1, 2012. , 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Alon Goshen-Gottstein: The Jewish Encounter with Hinduism: Wisdom, Spirituality, Identity Palgrave, Macmillan 2016. and Alon Goshen-Gottstein: Same God, Other God: Judaism, Hinduism and the Problem of Idolatry Palgrave, Macmillan 2016.

PaRDeS - Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien . e.v.