Design and Rhetoric in a Sanskrit Court Epic: The Kirātārjunīya of Bhāravi PDF
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Design and Rhetoric in a Sanskrit Court Epic “fm” — 2003/1/3 — page i — #1 “fm” — 2003/1/3 — page ii — #2 Design and Rhetoric in a Sanskrit Court Epic ¯ The Kira¯ta¯rjuniya of Bha¯ravi Indira Viswanathan Peterson STATE UNIVERSITYOF NEW YORK PRESS “fm” — 2003/1/3 — page iii — #3 Publishedby StateUniversityofNewYorkPress,Albany ©2003StateUniversityofNewYork Allrightsreserved PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Nopartofthisbookmaybeusedorreproducedinanymannerwhatsoever withoutwrittenpermission.Nopartofthisbookmaybestoredina retrievalsystemortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeansincluding electronic,electrostatic,magnetictape,mechanical,photocopying, recording,orotherwisewithoutthepriorpermissioninwritingofthe publisher. CoverphotocourtesyofGaryMichaelTartakov. Passagescitedinthisworkfrom:LouisRenou,“Surlastructuredu Ka¯vya”,JournalAsiatique247:159,pp.1–113,appearwiththe authorizationofPeetersPublishers. Forinformation,addressStateUniversityofNewYorkPress, 90StateStreet,Suite700,Albany,N.Y.,12207 ProductionbyDianeGaneles MarketingbyAnneValentine LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Peterson,IndiraViswanathan,1950– DesignandrhetoricinaSanskritcourtepic:theKira¯ta¯rjun¯iyaof Bha¯ravi/IndiraViswanathanPeterson. p.cm. Includesindex. ISBN0-7914-5613-7(alk.paper)—ISBN0-7914-5614-5(pbk.:alk.paper) 1.Bha¯raviKira¯ta¯rjun¯iya.2.Epicpoetry,Sanskrit.3.Sanskritpoetry– Historyandcriticism.I.Title. PK3791.B252Z622000 891(cid:1).21-dc21 2002066785 10987654321 “fm” — 2003/1/3 — page iv — #4 In memory of my gurus in Sanskrit poetry: S. Venkataramanan, grandfather Daniel H. H. Ingalls, teacher “fm” — 2003/1/3 — page v — #5 Thecompositionincantosisagreatpoem, becauseitisgreat (incompass),andspeaksofgreatthings. Bha¯maha,Ka¯vya¯lam. ka¯ra,I.19 Latertheyreturnandmeetonthebroadhighwaythatleadsto someloftydestination,somenoblecity,filledwithmagnificent regal dwellings, and adorned with temples and palaces and othermarvellousarchitecturalmarvels. TorquatoTasso,DiscoursesontheHeroicPoem “fm” — 2003/1/3 — page vi — #6 Contents ListofFigures ix Acknowledgments xii 1. Introduction:TheStudyoftheSanskritCourtEpic 1 2. ThePoeticsoftheMaha¯ka¯vya 7 3. TheSettingandStructureoftheKira¯ta¯rjun¯iya 21 4. PreludetoAction:EpicSpeechinBha¯ravi’sPoem 47 5. TheDebatebetweentheBrothers:Logic,Rhetoric,and PoliticsintheCourtEpic 67 6. LandscapeswithWomen:Bha¯ravi’sDescriptiveArt 89 7. TheConundrumoftheWarrior-Ascetic 117 8. TheTheaterofCombat 139 9. WrestlingwithGod:RasaandBhaktiinthe Kira¯ta¯rjun¯iya 161 ANoteontheTranslationSelections 189 AppendixA. Draupad¯iRebukesYudhis.t.hira:Kir. I.27-46 191 vii “fm” — 2003/1/3 — page vii — #7 viii Contents AppendixB. TheJourneyoftheApsaras: Kir.VII.1-40 195 AppendixC. Arjuna’sCombatwiththeHunter: Kir.XVII.1-64 203 AppendixD. TheWrestlingMatch,Theophany,andBoon: Kir.XVIII.1-19;42-48 215 ListofAbbreviations 221 Notes 223 Bibliography 269 Index 289 IndexofReferencestotheKira¯ta¯rjun¯iya 303 “fm” — 2003/1/3 — page viii — #8 Figures 1. TheapsarasdancerstrytodisturbArjuna’spenance. 32 2. Disguisedasahunter,S´ivadirectstheboartoattack Arjuna. 33 3. Arjunaandthehuntershootarrowsattheboar. 39 4. CombatbetweenArjunaandthehunter. 41 5. TheDoublePalindrome:Sarvatobhadra(“Goodfromall sides”),Kira¯ta¯rjun¯iyaXV.25. 153 6. ArjunawrestleswithS´ivadisguisedasahunter. 165 7. Asceticstandingononelegreceivingaboonfromagod. 179 ix “fm” — 2003/1/3 — page ix — #9
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