در ستایش مرگ: تاریخ و شعر در ماروار قرون وسطی (جنوب آسیا)

Description based on print version record. This study is meant as a contribution to debates about literary and martial cultures in history as conducted by Joshua Goldstein (2001), Sheldon Pollock (2003) and the celebrated Indian historian Romila Thapar (1999). It offers insights into martial ethics and identity politics through an analysis of the development of medieval and contemporary heroic and epic genres. And it adds to our understanding of the literary-historical processes that lead to the deification of warrior-heroes in South Asia. By describing the different degrees of narrative importance that Rajasthani poets attached to battle-death and the martial and/or religious role ascribed to warrior-heroes in Rajasthan and Sindh, the author suggests new ways of interpreting the region's past. Contents......Page 6 List of illustrations......Page 7 Acknowledgements......Page 8 1 Death and Deification......Page 12 2 Introduction to the Sources......Page 28 3 Narrative Content......Page 56 4 Dimgal Prosody......Page 88 5 Fierce Virtues......Page 116 6 Pabuji’s World......Page 148 7 Warriors, Robbers and Priests......Page 198 8 Charan Identities......Page 222 9 Kolu......Page 264 10 By Way of Conclusion......Page 292 Transliterative Standards......Page 306 Bibliography......Page 346 Index......Page 372 Samenvatting......Page 375 This study documents the historical and religious meaning of battle death in the desert regions of India and Pakistan. It offers new insights into the religious symbolism underlying martial ideals and identity politics with an analysis of heroic and epic genres and the literary-historical processes that lead to the deification of warrior-heroes in South Asia. By describing the different degrees of narrative importance that poets attached to battle-death, the author suggests new ways of interpreting the region's warlike past