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Narratives or mythical accounts from Veda to Puranas, at every place, support the issues occurring in the multi-faceted ancient Indian tradition. For every change, though slight, in the ancient Indian society, and for a new face-lift of the society, in the sphere of code of conduct, these narratives figure as arthavada, and have functional value. To know the real purport of these narratives is the right key to unfold the fine synthesis of ‘Old’ and ...
The book in its first part contains twenty-three papers of (late) Dr. Sadashiv Ambadas Dange. Excepting three, the papers have already been published in reputed research journals. The book deals with varied topics such as several Vedic beliefs; Sanskrit poetician’s imagery gliding into the realm of semiotics; the ‘riddle’—like incidents in the two great epics; Purana to be regarded as a ‘shastra’; interesting motifs in mythology and folklore; ...
