Purāṇa Perennis

Purāṇa Perennis
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Publisher : SUNY Press
Total Pages : 348
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ISBN-10 : 0791413810
ISBN-13 : 9780791413814
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Book Synopsis Purāṇa Perennis by : Wendy Doniger

Download or read book Purāṇa Perennis written by Wendy Doniger and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, leading American, European, and Indian scholars including John E. Cort, Friedhelm Hardy, Padmanabh S. Jaini, Laurie L. Patton, A. K. Ramanujan, Velcheru Narayana Rao, and David Shulman discuss the subject of the Purāṇas, focusing particularly on the relationship between the "Great Puran'as" of the Sanskrit tradition and the many other sorts of Purāṇas. The Puran'as are essentially collections of stories dealing with all aspects of myth, ritual, science, and history, and the authors of these essays are all superb storytellers.


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