The Hindus (125 page)
Authors: Wendy Doniger
CHAPTER 11. DHARMA IN THE MAHABHARATHA
2
Apastamba and Gautama were probably third century BCE, Baudhayana second century BCE, and Vasistha first century CE; Olivelle,
Dharmasutras
, xxxiii.
Apastamba and Gautama were probably third century BCE, Baudhayana second century BCE, and Vasistha first century CE; Olivelle,
Dharmasutras
, xxxiii.
3
Selvanayagam, “Ashoka and Arjuna.”
Selvanayagam, “Ashoka and Arjuna.”
12
Ibid., 124.
Ibid., 124.
17
Brodbeck, “Ekalavya and Mahabharata 1.121-128.”
Brodbeck, “Ekalavya and Mahabharata 1.121-128.”
20
Doniger and Spinner, “Misconceptions.”
Doniger and Spinner, “Misconceptions.”
23
For Yavakri in the
Jaiminiya Brahmana
and
Mahabharata
, see Doniger O’Flaherty,
Tales of Sex and Violence
.
For Yavakri in the
Jaiminiya Brahmana
and
Mahabharata
, see Doniger O’Flaherty,
Tales of Sex and Violence
.
24
Bulcke, “La naissance de Sita”; Dubuisson, “La déesse chevelue.”
Bulcke, “La naissance de Sita”; Dubuisson, “La déesse chevelue.”
32
Pathak, “The Things Kings Sing.”
Pathak, “The Things Kings Sing.”
CHAPTER 12. ESCAPE CLAUSES IN THE SHASTRAS
1
Much of the background material and a number of insights in this chapter were provided by Laura Desmond. See also Desmond,
Disciplining Pleasure
.
Much of the background material and a number of insights in this chapter were provided by Laura Desmond. See also Desmond,
Disciplining Pleasure
.
6
Ibid., 125.
Ibid., 125.
9
AS 2.30.29, 13.2.20, 39-43.
AS 2.30.29, 13.2.20, 39-43.
23
Ibid., 127.
Ibid., 127.
25
Pollock, “From Discourse of Ritual to Discourse of Power in Sanskrit Culture.”
Pollock, “From Discourse of Ritual to Discourse of Power in Sanskrit Culture.”
26
Pollock, “India in the Vernacular Millennium.”
Pollock, “India in the Vernacular Millennium.”
31
Amar Chitra Katha
,
Mahabharata
#3, “The Advent of the Kuru Princes,” 13, paraphrasing the Sanskrit text,
Mahabharata
1.111.31, which in turn paraphrases, and indeed reverses the point of,
Manu
9.158-60.
Amar Chitra Katha
,
Mahabharata
#3, “The Advent of the Kuru Princes,” 13, paraphrasing the Sanskrit text,
Mahabharata
1.111.31, which in turn paraphrases, and indeed reverses the point of,
Manu
9.158-60.
38
Doniger and Smith, “Sacrifice and Substitution.”
Doniger and Smith, “Sacrifice and Substitution.”
45
Dandin, “The Adventures of the Ten Princes,” 13.63-69, trans. Onians.
Dandin, “The Adventures of the Ten Princes,” 13.63-69, trans. Onians.
48
Gold, “The ‘Jungli Rani’ and Other Troubled Wives.”
Gold, “The ‘Jungli Rani’ and Other Troubled Wives.”
51
Sweet and Zwilling, “The First Medicalization.”
Sweet and Zwilling, “The First Medicalization.”
CHAPTER 13. BHAKTI IN SOUTH INDIA
1
Blake Wentworth provided the chronology as well as much of the background material on South Indian history and Tamil literature in this chapter. See also Wentworth,
Yearning for a Dreamed Real: The Procession of the Lord in the Tamil Ulas.
Blake Wentworth provided the chronology as well as much of the background material on South Indian history and Tamil literature in this chapter. See also Wentworth,
Yearning for a Dreamed Real: The Procession of the Lord in the Tamil Ulas.
2
Cuntarar,
Patikam
14, on
Tiruppaccilacciramam
, verse two (of fourteen), trans. David Shulman, in Doniger O’Flaherty,
Textual Sources
, 170.
Cuntarar,
Patikam
14, on
Tiruppaccilacciramam
, verse two (of fourteen), trans. David Shulman, in Doniger O’Flaherty,
Textual Sources
, 170.
9
Keay, India, 223.
Keay, India, 223.
10
Ibid., 168.
Ibid., 168.
20
Ramanujan and Cutler, “From Classicism to Bhakti,” 244.
Ramanujan and Cutler, “From Classicism to Bhakti,” 244.
22
Ramanujan, “Varieties of Bhakti,” 330.
Ramanujan, “Varieties of Bhakti,” 330.
23
Ramanujan and Cutler, “From Classicism to Bhakti,” 232.
Ramanujan and Cutler, “From Classicism to Bhakti,” 232.
24
Ibid., 253.
Ibid., 253.
26
Ramanujan, “The Myths of Bhakti,” 298.
Ramanujan, “The Myths of Bhakti,” 298.
30
Rabe, “The Mahamallapuram Prasasti.”
Rabe, “The Mahamallapuram Prasasti.”
31
Ibid., 216-18.
Ibid., 216-18.
32
Ibid., xxviii, 221.
Ibid., xxviii, 221.
35
Wujastyk, “Change and Continuity.”
Wujastyk, “Change and Continuity.”
44
Ibid., 54.
Ibid., 54.
46
Ramanujan and Cutler, “From Classicism to Bhakti,” 234, 236.
Ramanujan and Cutler, “From Classicism to Bhakti,” 234, 236.
48
Ramanujan and Cutler, “From Classicism to Bhakti,” 238-40.
Ramanujan and Cutler, “From Classicism to Bhakti,” 238-40.
52
Gombrich, “The Buddha’s Eye.”
Gombrich, “The Buddha’s Eye.”
53
Dalrymple, “Homer in India,” 52.
Dalrymple, “Homer in India,” 52.
59
Flood,
Introduction
, 131, says she was the daughter of a Brahmin priest; other traditions make her of low caste.
Flood,
Introduction
, 131, says she was the daughter of a Brahmin priest; other traditions make her of low caste.
60
Mangaiyarkkarasi was the queen; Isainani Ammaiyar, the mother. Prentiss, “Joyous Encounters,” 76.
Mangaiyarkkarasi was the queen; Isainani Ammaiyar, the mother. Prentiss, “Joyous Encounters,” 76.
61
Indira Peterson places her in the fifth century (“Tamil Saiva Hagiography,” 194).
Indira Peterson places her in the fifth century (“Tamil Saiva Hagiography,” 194).
64
Ramanujan, “On Women Saints,” 274.
Ramanujan, “On Women Saints,” 274.
65
Ibid., 271-74.
Ibid., 271-74.
66
Ibid.
Ibid.
70
Shulman,
Tamil Temple Myths
, 314-15, cited by Ramanujan (“Myths of Bhakti,” 298-99), who calls it the legend of Matrbhuteshvara (or, in Tamil, Tayumanavar), “he who even became a mother.”
Shulman,
Tamil Temple Myths
, 314-15, cited by Ramanujan (“Myths of Bhakti,” 298-99), who calls it the legend of Matrbhuteshvara (or, in Tamil, Tayumanavar), “he who even became a mother.”
71
The story is retold in the Sanskrit
Skanda Purana
,
Kedara Khanda
5.111-97, 22.1-64; see Doniger, “The Scrapbook,” 66-70.
The story is retold in the Sanskrit
Skanda Purana
,
Kedara Khanda
5.111-97, 22.1-64; see Doniger, “The Scrapbook,” 66-70.
73
Ramanujan, “Myths of bhakti,” 306.
Ramanujan, “Myths of bhakti,” 306.
75
Ibid.
Ibid.
76
Ramanujan, “On Women Saints,” 271.
Ramanujan, “On Women Saints,” 271.
78
Ebeling, “Another Tomorrow for Nantanar.”
Ebeling, “Another Tomorrow for Nantanar.”
80
Ibid., 81.
Ibid., 81.
89
Ulrich, “Food Fights.”
Ulrich, “Food Fights.”
90
This is part of the guru lineage in the Vadagali tradition and in the hagiography of Tamil saints known as the
Divyasuricharitam
. See Monius,
Imagining a Place for Buddhism
.
This is part of the guru lineage in the Vadagali tradition and in the hagiography of Tamil saints known as the
Divyasuricharitam
. See Monius,
Imagining a Place for Buddhism
.
93
Ibid., 34, 2576-2753, McGlasham trans.
Ibid., 34, 2576-2753, McGlasham trans.
95
Marr, “The ‘Periya Puranam’ Frieze,” 268.
Marr, “The ‘Periya Puranam’ Frieze,” 268.
96
Monius, “Love, Violence, and the Aesthetics of Disgust,” 117, 126, 155.
Monius, “Love, Violence, and the Aesthetics of Disgust,” 117, 126, 155.
97
Marr, “The ‘Periya Puranam’ Frieze,” 279.
Marr, “The ‘Periya Puranam’ Frieze,” 279.
98
Ibid., 278.
Ibid., 278.
100
Ibid., 18.
Ibid., 18.
102
Thapar,
Cultural Transaction
, 18; cf. Bukka I and the Jainas, in Verghese,
Religious Traditions at Vijayanagara
, 121.
Thapar,
Cultural Transaction
, 18; cf. Bukka I and the Jainas, in Verghese,
Religious Traditions at Vijayanagara
, 121.
105
This Syriac version of the
Acts of Thomas
is available in Wright,
Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles
, 146 -49.
This Syriac version of the
Acts of Thomas
is available in Wright,
Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles
, 146 -49.
108
Ibid., 23-30.
Ibid., 23-30.
110
Bhagavata Mahatmya,
verses 48-49 of chapter 1, citing the
Padma Purana
. See Prentiss,
The Embodiment of Bhakti
, 35.
Bhagavata Mahatmya,
verses 48-49 of chapter 1, citing the
Padma Purana
. See Prentiss,
The Embodiment of Bhakti
, 35.
111
Doniger O’Flaherty, “The Origins of Heresy.”
Doniger O’Flaherty, “The Origins of Heresy.”
113
Ramanujan, “The Myths of Bhakti,” 307.
Ramanujan, “The Myths of Bhakti,” 307.
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