[INDOLOGY] The role of the sūta

[Shubha Pathak]

Dear James et al.,

Please also see the fourth chapter of my book Divine Yet Human Epics: Reflections of Poetic Rulers from Ancient Greece and India (https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674726758).

Sincerely,
Shubha




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Dear James, for some references and suggestions concerning the sūta see my book “The Roots of Hinduism” (OUP 2015), pp. 109-115, 254.
With best wishes, Asko

On 30. Aug 2023, at 23.01, Reich, James David <jreich at pace.edu<mailto:jreich at pace.edu>> wrote:

Dear colleagues,

I'm wondering if anyone has any good recommendations for secondary sources on the nature and role of the figure of the sūta. Van Buitenen, in his introduction to the Bhagavadgītā, writes (1981, p. 5): "Traditionally the sūta, on the chariot of the warrior, is witness to the warrior's triumphs and occasional lapses; in danger he protects him. The triumphs of the warrior he celebrates in song, hence sūta also means 'bard.'" I'd like to read more about the details of this. Is there any good scholarship on it?

Gratefully,
James Reich

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