Congratulations on the publication of your book, Sohini! I’m so happy for you!
Maitrīcittena, Lauren On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 7:32 PM Sohini Pillai <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > > > (With apologies for cross-posting!) > > > > I'm excited to share that my new book *Krishna’s Mahabharatas: Devotional > Retellings of An Epic Narrative > <https://global.oup.com/academic/product/krishnas-mahabharatas-9780197753552?cc=us&lang=en&prevNumResPerPage=100&prevSortField=1&resultsPerPage=100&sortField=1&start=100> > *(AAR’s Religion in Translation series)*, *is now available from Oxford > University Press. The publisher's description of the book is below. > > > > If you order the book directly from OUP's website > <https://global.oup.com/academic/product/krishnas-mahabharatas-9780197753552?cc=us&lang=en&;> > you can save 30% with the promotion code AAFLYG6. Please note, however, > that due to OUP’s systems changeover, they will not be able to take orders > until the systems go live in mid to late April > > > > With best wishes, > > Sohini > > > > *Book Description:* > > > > Recognized as the longest poem ever composed, the ancient Sanskrit > *Mahabharata* epic tells the tale of the five Pandava princes and the > cataclysmic battle they wage with their one hundred cousins, the Kauravas. > This story is one of the most popular and widely-told narratives in South > Asia, let alone the world. Between 800 and 1700 CE, a plethora of > Mahabharatas were created in Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, > Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu, and several other > regional South Asian languages. > > > > *Krishna's Mahabharatas: Devotional Retellings of an Epic Narrative* is a > comprehensive study of premodern regional Mahabharata retellings. This book > argues that Vaishnavas (devotees of the Hindu god Vishnu and his various > forms) throughout South Asia turned this epic about an apocalyptic, bloody > war into works of ardent *bhakti *or “devotion” focused on the beloved > Hindu deity Krishna. Examining over forty retellings in eleven different > regional South Asian languages composed over a period of nine hundred > years, it focuses on two particular Mahabharatas: Villiputturar's > fifteenth-century Tamil *Paratam* and Sabalsingh Chauhan's > seventeenth-century Bhasha (Old Hindi) *Mahabharat*. > > > > Through close comparative readings, this book reveals the similar ways > poets from opposite ends of the Indian sub-continent transform the story of > the Sanskrit *Mahabharata* into devotional narratives centered on > Krishna. At the same time, it also shows how these Mahabharatas are each > unique pieces of religious literature that speak to different local > audiences in premodern South Asia. > > > > > > -- > > > > Sohini Sarah Pillai, PhD (she/her/hers) > > > > Assistant Professor of Religion > > Director of Film and Media Studies > > Kalamazoo College > > > > www.sohinisarahpillai.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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