The Bhagavad Gita and Beyond: Synchronic Strategy for Sanskrit Narrative Literature
Paying particular attention to narrative frames, this paper explores five avenues of hermeneutic import availed by the interlocking structure of such texts: inception import, association import, exposition import, framing import and impetus import. It demonstrates the utility of this methodology by...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2021, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 120-141 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sanskrit language
/ Framework stories
/ Bhagavadgītā
/ Narrativity
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IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy |
Further subjects: | B
Sanskrit narrative
B frame stories B Mahābhārata B Bhagavad Gītā |
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Summary: | Paying particular attention to narrative frames, this paper explores five avenues of hermeneutic import availed by the interlocking structure of such texts: inception import, association import, exposition import, framing import and impetus import. It demonstrates the utility of this methodology by applying it to shed new light on the Bhagavad Gita’s place within the Mahabharata. |
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ISSN: | 1751-2697 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Religions of South Asia
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/rosa.20974 |