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Bell & Howell Information and Learning Company 300 North Zeeb Road P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor. MI4810 6-13 46 Dedication To my mother and my grandparents Table of Contents . ................................................................................................................ Dedication 1.*1 1 ................................................................................................... Acknowledgments .v.i. .................................................................................................................. Abstract vm Chapter . ............................................................................................. 1 Introduction 1 ......................................................................... 1.1 A Famous Character 1 1.2 Introduction to the Mahabh-ta and ....................................................... Summary of the Kaqa Narrative 2 ......................................................................................... 1.3 My Claims 6 ....................... 1.4 The Specter of the Kali Yuga that Pervades the Epic 9 1.5 Why this Dissertation is Necessary to Mahabhiirata Studies .......... 16 1.6 Why has there been no monograph on Kaqa? ............................ Or. The Varieties of Mahabhaata Interpretation 20 ........................................................... 1.7 Important Studies on Kaqa -48 ............................... 1.8 Character as the Subject of an Extended Study 56 ............................................................ 1.9 Alter's Biblical Scholarship 62 1.10 Reading the Kauravas without Holtzmann: ....................................................... Gitomer and the Epic of Crisis 66 .......................................................................... 1.1 1 A Note on Karma 68 . .................................................................................................. 2 Courage 75 ................................................................................. 2.1 Kaqa's Choice 75 ............................................... 2.2 Kaqa's Perspective on his Narrative 76 ....................... 2.3 Multiple Choice: the Options that Dhanna Provides 81 .................................................................... 2.4 Introduction to Dhanna 83 ....................................................... 2.5 Dhanna as an Interpretive Tool 85 ........................................................................... 2.6 Options for Action 86 ........................................................................... 2.7 Framing Analogies 97 ................................................... 2.8 The Anxiety of Meaninglessness 102 ................................................. 2.9 Kaqa's Unique Kind of Courage 106 ........................................................ 2.10 Kqa's Faith in his Loyalty 109 .................................................................................. 2.1 1 Conclusion 112 . ............................................... 3 Exploring Human Issues through Myth 115 ................................................................... 3.1 Class and Social Rank 117 ............................................................ 3.2 Unveiling and Uncovering 126 .................................................................. 3.3 Gift-rituals Gone Awry 130 .................................................................................... 3.4 Conclusion 143 Chapter . ................................................... 4 Karpa and Psychological Paradigms 145 ............................... 4.1 The K q aN arrative through a Rankian Lens 148 ...................................................... 4.2 Familial Relations Gone Awry 166 .................................................................. 4.3 Courageous Constancy 178 ....................................................... 4.4 Development through Dhiratii 186 5 . Character Reflections. ..........................................................................1 89 5.1 Kaya and Yudhisthira ................................................................... 191 ................................... 5.2 Yudhighira's Hatred: Re-evaluating Kama 196 ........................................................................... 5.3 Karqa and Arjuna 202 5- .4 A Lesson from the Bhagavadeitii .................................................. 209 .......................................................................... 3.3e Kqaa nd Bhisma 212 .................................................................................... 5.6 Conclusion 221 . . 6 Conclusion: A Conversation about Theory ........................................................ --- or A Theory of Conversation 7-n 6.1 Doniger and The Implied Snider ...................................................r- ?-3 6.2 Gadamer and Truth and Method ....................................................2 29 6.3 The Interpretation of Characters .................................................... ~9"' ) 4 Appendix Turning a Tradition into a Text: Critical Problems in Editing the Mahabhirata .............................. 242 .......................................................................................................... Bibliography 256
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