[INDOLOGY] Gender change in pre-modern Sanskrit literature

[Дмитрий Комиссаров]

By the way, in Samudramathana by Vatsaraja this story about Mohini is
retold in a funny way.

Best regards,
Dmitrii Komissarov

сб, 14 мар. 2026 г., 00:19 Дмитрий Комиссаров <ska4ki at gmail.com>:

> By the way, in Samudramathana by Vatsaraja this story about Mohini is
> retold in a funny way.
>
> Best regards,
> Dmitrii Komissarov
>
> сб, 14 мар. 2026 г., 00:15 Valerie Roebuck via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info>:
>
>> What an interesting topic. If divine figures are included, there is Viṣṇu’s
>> appearance as Mohinĩ *(Mahãbhãrata *etc). If she wants to look beyond
>> Sanskrit, we have the story of Soreyya/Soreyyã in the Pali commentarial
>> literature.
>>
>> Valerie J Roebuck
>> Manchester, UK
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 13 Mar 2026, at 20:47, Marco Franceschini via INDOLOGY <
>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>> Dear friends and colleagues,
>>
>> one of my students is writing her undergraduate thesis on the theme of
>> gender change in pre-modern Sanskrit literature.
>> So far, we have identified the following cases:
>> - Ila/Sudyumna-Ilā (*Rāmāyaṇa*, *Bhāgavatapurāṇa*, *Viṣṇupurāṇa*,
>> *Vāyupurāṇa*)
>> - Bhaṅgāsvana (*Mahābhārata*)
>> - Śikhaṇḍin (*Mahābhārata*)
>> - Mūladeva (*Vetālapañcaviṃśati*)
>> - Rūpāvatī (*Divyāvadāna*)
>> - Arjuna (*Mahābhārata*)
>>
>> As for studies on the subject, we have been able to identify only these
>> three:
>> - M. Bloomfield, *On the Art of Entering Another's Body: A Hindu Fiction
>> Motif*
>> - N. Brown, *Change of Sex as a Hindu Story Motif*
>> - R. Goldman, *Transsexualism, Gender, and Anxiety in Traditional India*
>>
>> I would be grateful for any additional suggestions you might wish to
>> provide.
>>
>> Thank you in advance for your suggestions.
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Marco
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