[INDOLOGY] Lamentations

[kmcgrath at fas.harvard.edu]

  Dear Charlie & All,

I have addressed this tradition of feminine lamentation in the MBh., in 'Stri:
Women in Epic Mahabharata', p.183ff. (HUP, 2009; and Orient Longman, 2011).

  http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674031982

Margaret Alexiou has covered the cognate Hellenic field in her study of 'Ritual
Lament in the Greek Tradition' (1974).

With best wishes, from,

  Kevin.





Quoting Patrick Olivelle <jpo at uts.cc.utexas.edu>:

> I think there is a lamentation tradition in Buddhism -- vilāpa. You find
> such a lament in nice in the Buddhacarita where there are two laments by the
> wife and mother. The Yaśodharā lament has come into Sinhala, and Ranjini
> Obeyesekere has published a book on it: Yasodaravata: The Story of Yasodara
> or Yasodara's Lament. Colombo: Godage International Publishers, 2005.
>
> Patrick
>
>
>
> On Nov 17, 2013, at 7:07 PM, Charlie Higgins <practicesyoga at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I hope not to be too naive in asking: Can anyone recommend primary or
> secondary sources regarding Indian "lamentations"?  Does such a genre exist?
> etc.?  I have been reading Song Dynasty Neo-Confucian writers like Zhu Xi,
> who ridicules contemporary behaviors and customs as degradations of ancient
> practices, and I began to wonder about similar lamentations from India.  My
> question doesn't refer so much to prophecies regarding the cycle of ages
> (satya--kaliyuga) and their degradation into the present.  I'm wondering
> about potential firsthand observations that compare present with past and
> lament contemporary practices.  I'm clueless, and any helpful suggestions
> would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Charlie
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