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The concept of hero in Indian culture

Title
The concept of hero in Indian culture / edited by Heidrun Brückner, Hugh van Skyhawk, Claus Peter Zoller.
Author
Interregional Seminar on the Concept of Hero(-ine) in Indian Culture (1990 : South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg)
Publication
New Delhi : Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Brückner, Heidrun, 1949-
  • Skyhawk, Hugh van.
  • Zoller, Claus Peter.
  • Universität Heidelberg. Südasien-Institut.
Description
xv, 291 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
South Asian studies ; no. 44
Subjects
Note
  • "South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University"--P. facing t.p.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
A note on the birth of the hero in ancient India / W.B. Bollée -- The hero in Sanskrit drama / M. Christopher Byrski -- Hanumān Mahāvīrasvāmī / Ian Duncan -- Two clever heroes of Tamil folk narrative / Gabriella Eichinger Ferro-Luzzi -- Kālī: a hero between tradition and progress / Margot Gatzlaff -- Hero and king / Roland Jansen -- The frustrated hero / Christina Oesterheld -- From sacrificer to hero / Peter D. Sakharov -- The hero in the Junjappa epic / T.N. Shankaranarayana -- Leadership in Maharashtra during the British Raj / Christopher Shelke -- On heroes in the Karakoram / Hugh van Skyhawk -- Of kings as heroes / Romila Thapar -- Heroes in the Caritra-Bakhar, Povāḍā, and Ākhyāna of seventeenth and eighteenth century Mahārāṣṭra / N.K. Wagle -- Himalayan heroes / Claus Peter Zoller
Call Number
JFF 08-1167
ISBN
  • 8173047103
  • 9788173047107
LCCN
2007434015
OCLC
212626745
Conference
Interregional Seminar on the Concept of Hero(-ine) in Indian Culture (1990 : South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg)
Title
The concept of hero in Indian culture / edited by Heidrun Brückner, Hugh van Skyhawk, Claus Peter Zoller.
Imprint
New Delhi : Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2007.
Series
South Asian studies ; no. 44
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Brückner, Heidrun, 1949-
Skyhawk, Hugh van.
Zoller, Claus Peter.
Universität Heidelberg. Südasien-Institut.
Research Call Number
JFF 08-1167
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