The Mahābhārata and the Yugas: India's Great Epic Poem and the Hindu System of World AgesPeter Lang, 2002 - 298 páginas This book questions the conventional wisdom that a fully matured theory of the yugas - Hinduism's ages of the world - is integral to the Mahābhārata, and it illustrates how traditional commentators and modern scholars have read the later Purāṇic yuga theory into the Mahābhārata, in particular when it comes to placing the action at the beginning of the current terrible Kali Yuga. Luis González-Reiman discusses the meaning of key terms in the epic by examining the text and early Buddhist sources. This book also traces the sectarian appropriation of the yuga system in later literature and documents how modern religious movements have used the system to proclaim the arrival of a new, prosperous Kṛta Yuga, a phenomenon that coincides with New Age expectations. |
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Arjuna avatāras bad luck battle beginning Bhāgavata bhārata bhavati Bhima Biardeau Book Brahmā Brāhmaṇa brahmanical Buddhist Buitenen caiva centuries C.E. change of yuga chapter comparison considered cycle dāna death demons destiny destroyed destruction dharma Dhṛtarāṣṭra dice throws dicing match divine Duryodhana Dvāpara Dvāpara Yuga earth Epic Epic's fate fire four yugas Hiltebeitel Hinduism idea important incarnation India Indra Jātaka kāla kālaḥ Kali Yuga kālo kalpa Kauravas killed king Kṛṣṇa Kṛta Yuga kṛtam kṣatriyas Kurus later Mahā Mahābhārata mahāyuga Mārkaṇḍeya means mention metaphor mythological Nala Nārāyaṇa Nārāyaṇīya Pali Pāṇḍavas Parvan passage period poem punitive justice Purāņas Purāņic Puşya quoted rājā Rāma Rāmāyaṇa refers Ṛg Śakuni Samjaya Sanskrit Satya Yuga says Śiva social story supreme tadā tathā term tion tradition translation Tretā Upaniṣad Vaiṣṇava varṇa Veda Vedic verse Vidura Viṣṇu words yadā Yudhisthira yuga dharma Yuga Purāṇa yuga theory yuganta yuge