Myth and reality : studies in the formation of Indian culture/
by Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi
- Los Angeles, California : SAGE/TEXTS, 2016.
- xx,121+,14p.
- Sage texts. .
I. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE BHAGAVAD-GITA-- 1. For What Class?-- 2. A Remarkable Interpolation -- 3. Not Sufficient Unto the Purpose -- 4. Why Krsna? -- 5. When Does a Synthesis Work?-- 6. The Social Functions of Bhakti00 7. The Gita Today-- II.URVASI AND PURURAVAS-- 1. Introduction -- 2. Kalidasa’s Treatment-- 3. Modern Interpretations-- 4. Versions of the Story -- 5. Rgveda x. 95-- 6. Commentary to RV x. 95 -- 7. Urvasi’s Associates-- 8. The Dawn-Goddess in the Rgveda-- 9. Aryan or Pre-Aryan?-- 10. Goddess of Birth and Death -- III.AT THE CROSSROADS: A STUDY OF MOTHER-GODDESS CULT SITES-- 1. The Problem -- 2. The Mothers-- 3. Information from Fieldwork -- 4. Primitive Tracks-- 5. The Trade Routes-- 6. The Jatakas -- 7. Carudatta’s Sacrifice--
IV.PILGRIM’S PROGRESS: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE PREHISTORY OF THE WESTERN DECCAN PLATEAU-- 1. The End of the Prehistory in the Deccan-- 2. Cult Migrations, The Goddesses and Megaliths-- 3. Cult Migrations: The Gods -- 4. Microlith Tracks -- 5. Highlanders and Lowlanders -- 6. Later Developments -- 7. Towards Agriculture--
V.THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY IN THE "OLD CONQUESTS" OF GOA -- 1. Land and People-- 2. The Economic Situation- - 3. Heterogeneity of the Population-- 4. The Feudal Period -- 5. Increase in Taxation-- 6. Structure of the Community-- 7. The Historical Background-- 8. Beyond the Commune.
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India -- Civilization -- To 1200. India -- Social life and customs -- To 1200. Mythology, Indic.