Design and rhetoric in a Sanskrit court epic: the Kirātārjunīya of Bhāravi

Design and Rhetoric in a Sanskrit Court Epic......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
1. Introduction: The Study of the Sanskrit Court Epic......Page 14
2. The Poetics of the Mahakavya......Page 20
3. The Setting and Structure of the Kiratarjuniya......Page 34
4. Prelude to Action: Epic Speech in Bharavi’s Poem......Page 60
5. The Debate between the Brothers: Logic, Rhetoric, and Politics in the Court Epic......Page 80
6. Landscapes with Women: Bharavi’s Descriptive Art......Page 102
7. The Conundrum of the Warrior-Ascetic......Page 130
8. The Theater of Combat......Page 152
9. Wrestling with God: Rasa and Bhakti in the Kiratarjunıya......Page 174
A Note on the Translation Selections......Page 202
Appendix A. Draupadi Rebukes Yudhisthira: Kir. I. 27-46......Page 204
Appendix B. The Journey of the Apsaras: Kir. VII. 1-40......Page 208
Appendix C. Arjuna's Combat with the Hunter: Kir. XVII. 1-64......Page 216
Appendix D. The Wrestling Match, Theophany, and Boon: Kir. XVIII. 1-19; 42-48......Page 228
List of Abbreviations......Page 234
Bibliography......Page 282
A......Page 302
B......Page 303
D......Page 304
G......Page 305
K......Page 306
M......Page 308
P......Page 310
S......Page 311
V......Page 313
Y......Page 314
Index of References to the Kiratarjuniya......Page 316