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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ahimsā Arjuna avatāras battle bhāgadeyataḥ Bhāgavata bhārata bhavati Bhima bhūtāni Biardeau Book Brahmā brāhmaṇas brahmanical Buddhism Buitenen caiva centuries C.E. change of yuga chapter considered cycle dāna death destiny destroyed destruction Dharma Śāstra Dhṛtarāṣṭra dice throws divine Duryodhana Dvāpara Epic story Epic's fate four yugas Gītā Hiltebeitel Hinduism historical idea important incarnation India Indra Jātaka kāla kālaḥ Kali Yuga kālo kalpa Kauravas killed kim anyad king kingdom Kṛṣṇa Kṛta Yuga kṛtam kṣatriyas later Mahā Mahābhārata mahāyuga manvantara Mārkaṇḍeya means metaphor Mokṣadharma mythological Nārāyaṇa Nārāyaṇīya Pali Pāṇḍavas Parvan passage period poem Pollock prajāḥ punaḥ Purāṇa Purāņas Purāṇic Puşya quoted rājā Rāma Rāmāyaṇa refers religious Ṛg Veda ritual Samjaya Sanskrit Satya Yuga Śiva social supreme tadā tathā term tion tradition translation Tretā Upaniṣad Vaiṣṇava varṇa Vedic verse Viṣṇu words yatra Yudhisthira yuga dharma yuga theory yuganta yuge