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Papers by Adheesh Sathaye

Religious Authority in South Asia, 2022

Sathaye, Adheesh. 2022. "How the Guru Lost His Power: Public Anxieties of Tantric Knowledge in th... more Sathaye, Adheesh. 2022. "How the Guru Lost His Power: Public Anxieties of Tantric Knowledge in the Sanskrit Vetāla Tales," in _Religious Authority in South Asia: Generating the Guru_, edited by Istvan Keul and Srilata Raman (London and New York: Routledge, 2022), 8-33.

Kalidāsa's Nāyikās (ed. by Harsha Dehejia), 2019

Sathaye, Adheesh. 2019. "Total Absorption: Locating Kālidāsa in the Intellectual History of Rasa,... more Sathaye, Adheesh. 2019. "Total Absorption: Locating Kālidāsa in the Intellectual History of Rasa," in _Kālidāsa's Nāyikās_, ed. by Harsha Dehejia (Delhi: DK Printworld), 37-53.

South Asian History and Culture, 2017

Sathaye, Adheesh. 2017. "The Scribal Life of Folktales in Medieval India," South Asian History an... more Sathaye, Adheesh. 2017. "The Scribal Life of Folktales in Medieval India," South Asian History and Culture 8.4: 430-447.

Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia (ed. by Fuyubi Nakamura), 2017

Pre-publication version of essay published in Nakamura, Fuyubi, ed. _Traces of Words: Art and Cal... more Pre-publication version of essay published in Nakamura, Fuyubi, ed. _Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia_. Vancouver: Figure 1 Publishing, 2017, pp. 53-66.

Journal of the American Oriental Society, 2010

Sathaye, Adheesh. 2010. “The Production of Unpleasurable Rasas in the Sanskrit Dramas of Ārya Kṣe... more Sathaye, Adheesh. 2010. “The Production of Unpleasurable Rasas in the Sanskrit Dramas of Ārya Kṣemīśvara.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 130.3: 361–384.

Epic and Argument in Sanskrit Literary History (ed. by Sheldon Pollock), 2010

Sathaye, Adheesh. 2010. “The Other Kind of Brahman: Rama Jamadagnya and the Psychosocial Construc... more Sathaye, Adheesh. 2010. “The Other Kind of Brahman: Rama Jamadagnya and the Psychosocial Construction of Brahman Power in the Mahabharata,” in Sheldon Pollock, ed., Epic and Argument in Sanskrit Literary History: Essays in Honor of Robert P. Goldman. New Delhi: Manohar, 2010; 185-207.

Journal of Hindu Studies, 2009

Sathaye, Adheesh. 2009. “Why Did Hariscandra Matter in Early Medieval India? Truth, Fact, and Fol... more Sathaye, Adheesh. 2009. “Why Did Hariscandra Matter in Early Medieval India? Truth, Fact, and Folk Narrative in the Sanskrit Puranas.” The Journal of Hindu Studies 2.2: 131–159.

Acta Orientalia Vilnensia, 2007

Sathaye, Adheesh. 2007. "How to Become a Brahman: The Construction of Varṇa as Social Place in th... more Sathaye, Adheesh. 2007. "How to Become a Brahman: The Construction of Varṇa as Social Place in the Mahābhārata's Legends of Viśvāmitra," Acta Orientalia Vilnensia 8.1 (2007): 41-67.

Sathaye, Adheesh. 2012. “Magic Cows and Cannibal Kings: The Textual Performance of the Viśvāmitra... more Sathaye, Adheesh. 2012. “Magic Cows and Cannibal Kings: The Textual Performance of the Viśvāmitra Legends in the Mahābhārata,” in John Brockington, ed. Battle, Bards, and Brahmins: Papers of the 13th World Sanskrit Conference, Volume II. (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass), 195-216.

Sathaye, Adheesh. 2006. “Censorship and Censureship: Insiders, Outsiders,and the Attack on the Bh... more Sathaye, Adheesh. 2006. “Censorship and Censureship: Insiders, Outsiders,and the Attack on the Bhandarkar Institute,” Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies 19 (2006): 2-11.

Books by Adheesh Sathaye

What does it mean to be a Brahmin? And what could it mean to become one? While Brahmin intellectu... more What does it mean to be a Brahmin? And what could it mean to become one? While Brahmin intellectuals have offered plenty of answers to the first question, the latter presents a puzzle, since the normative ideology of caste deems it impossible for an ordinary individual to do so without first undergoing death and rebirth. In Hindu mythology, however, one notable figure named Viśvāmitra is said to have transformed himself from a king into a Brahmin sage by amassing great ascetic power, or tapas. This book examines the rich mosaic of legends about Viśvāmitra that are found across the Hindu mythological tradition—through texts composed in Sanskrit and vernacular languages, oral performances, and visual media—and offers a comprehensive historical analysis of how the “storyworlds” conjured up through these various tellings have, time and again, served to adapt, upgrade, and reinforce the social identity of real-world Brahmin communities, from the ancient Vedic past up to the hypermodern present. Using a performance-centered approach to situate the production of the Viśvāmitra legends within specific historical contexts, this study reveals how and why mythological culture has played an active, dialogical role in the naturalization of Brahmin social power over the last three thousand years.

For freely downloadable PDFs of my translations of the Viśvāmitra legends, please visit: http://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780199341115/

Argument and Design features fifteen essays by leading scholars of the Sanskrit epics, the Mahābh... more Argument and Design features fifteen essays by leading scholars of the Sanskrit epics, the Mahābhārata and the Rāmāyaṇa, discussing the Mahābhārata’s upākhyānas, subtales that branch off from the central storyline and provide vantage points for reflecting on it.

Contributors include: Vishwa Adluri, Joydeep Bagchee, Greg Bailey, Adam Bowles, Simon Brodbeck, Nicolas Dejenne, Sally J. Sutherland Goldman, Robert P. Goldman, Alf Hiltebeitel, Thennilapuram Mahadevan, Adheesh Sathaye, Bruce M. Sullivan, and Fernando Wulff Alonso.