Destiny and human initiative in the Mahābhārata /
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| פורמט: | Licensed eBooks |
| שפה: | אנגלית |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
2001.
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| סדרה: | McGill studies in the history of religions.
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| גישה מקוונת: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.18252401 |
תוכן הענינים:
- The Theme in Historical Perspective
- Focus of the Analysis
- The Epic Context
- Hermeneutical Perspectives
- Cosmic Destiny
- The Mythological Background
- The Epic Accounts
- Personal Destiny
- Problems and Anomalies
- Social Manifestations of Daiva
- Prophecies and Pronouncements
- Krsna as "Master of Yoga,"
- Daiva and Karna
- Daiva and Duryodhana
- Krsna as Daiva
- Destiny and Human Initiative
- Tricks and Stratagems
- Daiva in Human Expression
- Purusakara
- Morality (Dharma) and Moral Conflict
- Action and Contemplation
- The Mythological Background
- Krsna's Transformation of Vedic Values
- Some Alternative Views
- The Path of the Warrior
- Draupadi's Impatience
- Kunti's Exhortation
- Yudhisthira's Grief
- Bhisma's Instructions
- Action and Retribution
- Purusakara as Moral Autonomy
- Vidura's "Wilderness of Life,"
- The Path of Self-Determination
- The Spiritual Journey
- Moral Implications
- The Evolutionary Ladder
- The "Fate" of Human Action
- The Problem of Agency
- The Solution to the Antinomy of Providence
- Some Notes on Scholarship
- Figure: Family Connections in the Mahabharata.