Śiva's summa on Ṛṣidharma and the gleaners of Kurukṣetra /
Alf Hiltebeitel.
London :
Routledge,
2016.
1 online resource
Routledge Hindu studies series
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction : gleaners were and are for real -- 2. Peace and nonviolence in the Mahābhārata -- 3. Śiva's summa on gleaners -- 4. Gleaners and beggars, Buddhist, Jain, and Brahmanical -- 5. Daṇḍaka forest -- 6. Approaching Balarāma's Tīrthayātrā and Kurukṣetra with three hypotheses -- 7. More homespun tales of Kurukṣetra : further towards a Mahābhārata ethnography -- 8. Naimiṣeya Kuñja : the Mahābhārata's chief holdout for gleaners -- 9. The gleaning seam along Balarāma's route -- 10. King Kuru and the Kurus -- 11. King Kuru at Kurukṣetra -- 12. Gleaners of the text -- 13. Conclusion : nonviolence and Śāntarasa en-route to Kurukṣetra.
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Śiva's summa on Ṛṣidharma and the gleaners of Kurukṣetra
Mahābhārata-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Mahābhārata.
Epic literature, Sanskrit-- History and criticism.