Many congratulations, Sohini. Looking forward to reading your book. Best, Ishaan
On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 8:45 PM Lauren Bausch via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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