[INDOLOGY] Book Announcement: Krishna's Mahabharatas

[Ishaan Sharma]

Many congratulations, Sohini. Looking forward to reading your book.

Best,
Ishaan

On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 8:45 PM Lauren Bausch via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> 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 <Sohini.Pillai at kzoo.edu>
> 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
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