The Cult of Draupadi, Volume 1: Mythologies: From Gingee to Kuruksetra

by Alf Hiltebeitel

Book Overview

This is the first volume of a projected three-volume work on the little-known South Indian folk cult of the goddess Draupadi and on the classical epic, the Mahabharata, that the cult brings to life in mythic, ritual, and dramatic forms. Draupadi, the chief heroine of the Sanskrit Mahabharata, takes on many unexpected guises in her Tamil cult, but her dimensions as a folk goddess remain rooted in a rich interpretive vision of the great...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226340465
• ISBN13: 9780226340463
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 516 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"