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Author Bowles, Adam.

Title Dharma, disorder, and the political in ancient India : the Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata / by Adam Bowles.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 430 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Brill's indological library, 0925-2916 ; v. 28
Brill's Indological library ; v. 28.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-425) and index.
Contents Preface; Abbreviations; List of figures; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two 'Distress' in the literature on dharma and artha; Chapter Three Dharma; Chapter Four Yudhisthira and the narrative frame of the apaddharmaparvan; Chapter Five Strategies of integration; Chapter Six Laws for a king in crisis: Texts on apaddharma I; Chapter Seven Diversions on a theme: Texts on apaddharma II; Chapter Eight Setting things right: Transitional texts of the apaddharmaparvan I; Chapter Nine Coda: Transitional texts of the paddharmaparvan II; Chapter Ten Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Summary Provides a study of the Apaddharmaparvan which situates it within its context in the great Sanskrit epic the Mahabharata and within Indian political and social thought.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Mahābhārata. Āpaddharmaparvan.
Mahābhārata.
Mahābhārata. Āpaddharmaparvan.
Kings and rulers -- Moral and ethical aspects -- India.
Kings and rulers.
India.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Bowles, Adam. Dharma, disorder, and the political in ancient India. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 9789004158153 9004158154 (DLC) 2007031994 (OCoLC)153579142
ISBN 9789047422600 (electronic book)
9047422600 (electronic book)
9789004158153 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004158154 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004158153.i-432

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