Of Åüdras, Sütas, and Ålokas: Why is the MahÄabhÄrata Preeminently in the Anustubh Metre?
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One striking difference between Vedic and post-Vedic Hindu literature lies in the fact that while the anustubh metre is sparsely represented in the Veda as a whole, it is the standard metre of post-Vedic religious literature of Hinduism available in Sanskrit. Thus the MahÄbhÄrata, a major document of post-Vedic Hinduism, is preeminently in the anustubh metre. How is this striking metrical fact to be explained? This paper discusses the various explanations that may be offered to account for it. In part I it discusses the explanations that could be offered on the basis of modern critical scholarship. In parts IIâIX it develops the suggestion that the answer may lie in the association of the MahÄbhÄrata with the ÅÅ«dras and of the ÅÅ«dras with the anustubh metre.
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Of Åüdras, Sütas, and Ålokas: Why is the MahÄabhÄrata Preeminently in the Anustubh Metre?
In: Indo-Iranian JournalSearch for other papers by Sharma in
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Abstract
One striking difference between Vedic and post-Vedic Hindu literature lies in the fact that while the anustubh metre is sparsely represented in the Veda as a whole, it is the standard metre of post-Vedic religious literature of Hinduism available in Sanskrit. Thus the MahÄbhÄrata, a major document of post-Vedic Hinduism, is preeminently in the anustubh metre. How is this striking metrical fact to be explained? This paper discusses the various explanations that may be offered to account for it. In part I it discusses the explanations that could be offered on the basis of modern critical scholarship. In parts IIâIX it develops the suggestion that the answer may lie in the association of the MahÄbhÄrata with the ÅÅ«dras and of the ÅÅ«dras with the anustubh metre.
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| Abstract Views | 437 | 68 | 7 |
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