The Bhagavad Gita and Beyond: Synchronic Strategy for Sanskrit Narrative Literature

Paying particular attention to narrative frames, this paper explores five avenues of hermeneutic import availed by the interlocking structure of such texts: inception import, association import, exposition import, framing import and impetus import. It demonstrates the utility of this methodology by...

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Published in:Religions of South Asia
Main Author: Balkaran, Raj (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox 2021
In: Religions of South Asia
Year: 2021, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 120-141
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sanskrit language / Framework stories / Bhagavadgītā / Narrativity
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy
Further subjects:B Sanskrit narrative
B frame stories
B Mahābhārata
B Bhagavad Gītā
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Summary:Paying particular attention to narrative frames, this paper explores five avenues of hermeneutic import availed by the interlocking structure of such texts: inception import, association import, exposition import, framing import and impetus import. It demonstrates the utility of this methodology by applying it to shed new light on the Bhagavad Gita’s place within the Mahabharata.
ISSN:1751-2697
Contains:Enthalten in: Religions of South Asia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/rosa.20974