Who by Fire: Models of Ideal Femininity in Pre-Modern Tamil Literature
The Pururava-caritai (‘The Adventures of Pururavas’) is an unstudied sixteenth-century Tamil adaptation of the famous Vedic legend of Pururavas, which introduces an extensive addition to the original story. One episode within this supplement narrates a trial by fire gone through by the protagonist’s...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Equinox
2019
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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2019, Volume: 13, Issue: 3, Pages: 348–367 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Tamil language
/ Religious literature
/ Pururawas, Fictitious character
/ Feuerprobe
/ Femininity
/ Ideal (motif)
/ History 1500-1600
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IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia |
Further subjects: | B
Femininity
B Rāmāyaṇa B Tamil literature B Gender B Purūravas |
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