| Description |
1 online resource (375 pages) : color illustrations. |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
LUP dissertations
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LUP dissertations.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-369) and index. |
| Summary |
This study documents the historical and religious meaning of battle death in the desert regions of India and Pakistan. It offers new insights into the religious symbolism underlying martial ideals and identity politics with an analysis of heroic and epic genres and the literary-historical processes that lead to the deification of warrior-heroes in South Asia. By describing the different degrees of narrative importance that poets attached to battle-death, the author suggests new ways of interpreting the region's warlike past. |
| Contents |
List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Death and Deification; 2 Introduction to the Sources; 3 Narrative Content; 4 Dimgal Prosody; 5 Fierce Virtues; 6 Pabuji's World; 7 Warriors, Robbers and Priests; 8 Charan Identities; 9 Kolu; 10 By Way of Conclusion; Transliterative Standards; Bibliography; Index; Samenvatting. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Text in English with summary in Dutch at conclusion of book. |
| Subject |
Pābū Rāṭhauq̣a -- In literature.
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Epic poetry, Rajasthani -- History and criticism.
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Epic poetry, Rajasthani. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| ISBN |
9789048506033 (e-ISBN) |
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9048506034 (e-ISBN) |
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9087280440 |
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9789087280444 |
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9789087280444 |
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