Sarala Das

Chandi Purana (eBook, ePUB)

A Goddess Goes to War
Redaktion: Sahoo, Udayanath / Übersetzer: Tripathy, Basant Kumar

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the English version of Chandi Purana, written in Odia by Sarala Das. Indigenous and secular, the Chandi Purana is a shastra for laymen, a bold step towards fulfilling their right to knowledge.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000786811
• Artikelnr.: 65547240

Autorenporträt

Sarala Das (15th century) A shudra by caste and a farmer by occupation, Sarala Das was a great devotee of Sarala Chandi whom he considered his mother and his guide throughout his literary career. The poet of common man, he wrote epics such as the Bichitra Ramayana, the Mahabharata, and the Chandi Purana which immortalized him.

Udayanath Sahoo is the Chair Professor of Adikabi Sarala Das Chair of Odia Studies at Centre of Indian Languages, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi having 40 years of teaching and Research experience.

Basant Kumar Tripathy is a poet and translator. He has co-translated Phakirmohan's Atmacharita and Lachhama. Some of his other translations are: Tika Gobindachandra, Mathura Mangala and Bichitra Ramayana.

Urmishree Bedamatta teaches English language and literature at Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha. For research, she engages mostly with Odia texts and manuscripts with a focus on the needs of the twenty-first century reader.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword A Goddess Goes to War: Claiming the Right to Modesty An
Introduction to the Odia Legend of Chandi 1. Prayer to Sri Ganesh 2. Prayer
to Goddess Sarala 3. Mahisasura's Meditation 4. Mahisasura's Conquest of
Kurancheka 5. Mahisasura's Battle with Merusula 6. Dhumralochana Ordained
as a Charioteer 7. Mahisasura Concedes Defeat to Chanda and Munda 8.
Mahisasura's Marriage with Chandrabati 9. Mahisasura's Conquest of Jambu
Island 10. Mahisasura's Battle with Shumbha and Nishumbha 11. Mahisasura
Loses the Battle 12. Mahisasura's Letter to Indra 13. Durga's Stay at
Ratnagiri 14. Mahisasura Informed of Durga's Arrival 15. The Killing of
Chanda and Munda 16. The Killing of Shumbha and Nishumbha 17. The Killing
of Chamara and Bemala 18. The Killing of Kantimala, Raktabirjya,
Biraghanta, Kaladanda and Bidulaksha 19. The Tale of Bailochana 20. The
Demon Commanders Challenge Durga 21. Mahisasura Proceeds to the Battlefield
22. The Killing of Kalabimochana 23. The Killing of Mahisasura