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020			_a9781138107106 _c(hbk)
082			_a294.5923 _bBHA
100			_aBhattacharya, Sibesh Chandra _eed.
245			_aExploring Agency in the Mahabharata : Ethical and Political Dimensions of Dharma
260			_bRoutledge, _c2018 _aLondon :
300			_axiv, 253 p. ; _c22 cm.
365			_b1295.00 _c₹ _d01
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThe Mahabharata, one of the major epics of India, is a sourcebook complete by itself as well as an open text constantly under construction. This volume looks at transactions between its modern discourses and ancient vocabulary. Located amid conversations between these two conceptual worlds, the volume grapples with the epic's problematisation of dharma or righteousness, and consequently, of the ideal person and the good life through a cluster of issues surrounding the concept of agency and action. Drawing on several interdisciplinary approaches, the essays reflect on a range of issues in the Mahabharata, including those of duty, motivation, freedom, selfhood, choice, autonomy, and justice, both in the context of philosophical debates and their ethical and political ramifications for contemporary times. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers engaged with philosophy, literature, religion, history, politics, culture, gender, South Asian studies, and Indology. It will also appeal to the general reader interested in South Asian epics and the Mahabharata. --Provided by publisher.
650			_aCriticism, interpretation
650			_aHindu ethics
650			_aDharma
650			_aSacred Writings
650			_aFolklore
650			_a Mythology
650			_aRegional Studies
700			_aDalmiya, Vrinda _eed.
700			_aMukherji, Gangeya _eed.
942			_2ddc _cBK