Tales for the dying : the death narrative of the Bhāgavata-Purāṇa /

Tales for the dying : the death narrative of the Bhāgavata-Purāṇa /

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Author / Creator:	Jarow, Rick.
Imprint:	Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 200 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	SUNY series in Hindu studies SUNY series in Hindu studies.
Subject:	Puranas. -- Bhāgavatapurāṇa -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Puranas. -- Bhāgavatapurāṇa. Death -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism. Death -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11128783

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ISBN:	1417506814 9781417506811 0791456099 9780791456095 0791456102 9780791456101 9780791487457 0791487458
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-189) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"This book discusses how images of dying in the Bhagavata-Purana relate to issues of language and love in the religious imagination of India. Drawing on insights from studies in myth, literary semiotics, and depth psychology, as well as from Indian commentarial and aesthetic traditions, the author examines the power of myth and narrative (storytelling or hari katha) and shows how a detailed awareness of the Puranic imagination may lead to a revisioning of some long-held presuppositions around Indian religious attitudes toward dying. By casting Vaisnava bhakti traditions and Puranic narrative in a fresh light, the mythic imagination of the Puranas takes its place on the stage of contemporary discourse on comparative mythology and literature."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Jarow, Rick. Tales for the dying. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003 0791456099 0791456102

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Summary:	Tales for the Dying explores the centrality of death and dying in the narrative of the Bhaµgavata-Puraµn\|a, India s great text of devotional theism, canonized as an integral part of the Vais\|n\|ava bhakti tradition. The text grapples with death through an imaginative meditation, one that works through the presence and power of narrative. The story of the Bhaµgavata-Puraµn\|a is spoken to a king who is about to die, and it enables him to come to terms with his own passing. The work does not isolate dying as an issue; it treats it on many levels. This book discusses how images of dying in the Bhaµgavata-Puraµn\|a relate to issues of language and love in the religious imagination of India. Drawing on insights from studies in myth, literary semiotics, and depth psychology, as well as from Indian commentarial and aesthetic traditions, the author examines the power of myth and narrative (storytelling or hari kathaµ) and shows how a detailed awareness of the Puraµn\|ic imagination may lead to a revisioning of some long-held presuppositions around Indian religious attitudes toward dying. By casting Vais\|n\|ava bhakti traditions and Puraµn\|ic narrative in a fresh light, the mythic imagination of the Puraµn\|as takes its place on the stage of contemporary discourse on comparative mythology and literature.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 200 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-189) and index.
ISBN:	1417506814 9781417506811 0791456099 9780791456095 0791456102 9780791456101 9780791487457 0791487458