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- catalog alternative "Brahmanas. Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa. Selections. English. 1985.".
- catalog contributor b344381.
- catalog coverage "India Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "1985.".
- catalog date "1985".
- catalog date "1985.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1985.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction: folklore and dreams in 900 B.C. The Western scorn for the Brāhmaṇas ; The history of the Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa in the West ; Folklore in the Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa ; Sacrifice and danger in the Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa ; The individuality of the Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa ; Method of proceeding. -- 2. The fear of death. Bhṛgu's journey in the other world ; How men changed skins with animals ; The son who was better than his father ; The ghost of the beloved uncle. -- 3. The fear of God. The gods make men evil ; Trita and his brothers ; Indra and the dolphin ; Indra as the ram of Medhātithi ; Indra dances for Upamā ; The rejuvenation of Cyavana ; Vidanvan and the demon of intoxication.".
- catalog description "4. The fear of the father. Kutsa straps down Indra's balls ; Kutsa seduces Indra's wife ; Indra revives the son of Kutsa's enemy ; Vasiṣṭha's dying son and the half-verse ; The uncle who tried to murder the newborn child ; The sick boy in the ditch ; The charioteer and the vanishing fire. -- 5. The fear of wives. The Gandharva in the middle ; The wife of the Gandharva of the waters ; The mortal's wife and the dangerous sacrifice ; The lover of the demon's daughter ; The girl on the island. -- 6. The fear of demonic women. The divine bitch ; Long-tongue the demoness ; How not to get to heaven ; The Brahmin's wife with hair on the soles of her feet. -- 7. Conclusion: Why is this Brāhmaṇa different from all other Brāhmaṇas? -- Appendixes. 1. A list of the Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa stories translated in this work, with names of Sanskrit chants and variants in other Vedic texts and in the Mahābhārata ; 2. Secondary literature on each Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa story in this work ; 3. Tale types and motifs.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 131-136.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 145 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0226618528".
- catalog issued "1985".
- catalog issued "1985.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog language "engsan".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog spatial "India Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "India.".
- catalog subject "BL1121.3.J356 O34 1985".
- catalog subject "Brahmanas. Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa Criticism, interpretation, etc.".
- catalog subject "Folklore India.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction: folklore and dreams in 900 B.C. The Western scorn for the Brāhmaṇas ; The history of the Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa in the West ; Folklore in the Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa ; Sacrifice and danger in the Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa ; The individuality of the Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa ; Method of proceeding. -- 2. The fear of death. Bhṛgu's journey in the other world ; How men changed skins with animals ; The son who was better than his father ; The ghost of the beloved uncle. -- 3. The fear of God. The gods make men evil ; Trita and his brothers ; Indra and the dolphin ; Indra as the ram of Medhātithi ; Indra dances for Upamā ; The rejuvenation of Cyavana ; Vidanvan and the demon of intoxication.".
- catalog tableOfContents "4. The fear of the father. Kutsa straps down Indra's balls ; Kutsa seduces Indra's wife ; Indra revives the son of Kutsa's enemy ; Vasiṣṭha's dying son and the half-verse ; The uncle who tried to murder the newborn child ; The sick boy in the ditch ; The charioteer and the vanishing fire. -- 5. The fear of wives. The Gandharva in the middle ; The wife of the Gandharva of the waters ; The mortal's wife and the dangerous sacrifice ; The lover of the demon's daughter ; The girl on the island. -- 6. The fear of demonic women. The divine bitch ; Long-tongue the demoness ; How not to get to heaven ; The Brahmin's wife with hair on the soles of her feet. -- 7. Conclusion: Why is this Brāhmaṇa different from all other Brāhmaṇas? -- Appendixes. 1. A list of the Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa stories translated in this work, with names of Sanskrit chants and variants in other Vedic texts and in the Mahābhārata ; 2. Secondary literature on each Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa story in this work ; 3. Tale types and motifs.".
- catalog title "Tales of sex and violence : folklore, sacrifice, and danger in the Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa / Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".