Purana Perennis: Reciprocity and Transformation in Hindu and Jaina Texts (Culture)

In this volume, leading American, European, and Indian scholars including John E. Cort, Friedhelm Hardy, Padmanabh S. Jaini, Laurie L. Patton, A. K. Ramanujan, Velcheru Narayana Rao, and David Shulman discuss the subject of the Puran'as, focusing particularly on the relationship between the "Great Puran'as" of the Sanskrit tradition and the many other sorts of Puran'as. The Puran'as are essentially collections of stories dealing with all aspects of myth, ritual, science, and history, and the authors of these essays are all superb storytellers. In this volume, leading American, European, and Indian scholars including John E. Cort, Friedhelm Hardy, Padmanabh S. Jaini, Laurie L. Patton, A. K. Ramanujan, Velcheru Narayana Rao, and David Shulman discuss the subject of the Puran'as, focusing particularly on the relationship between the'Great Puran'as'of the Sanskrit tradition and the many other sorts of Puran'as. The Puran'as are essentially collections of stories dealing with all aspects of myth, ritual, science, and history, and the authors of these essays are all superb storytellers.Wendy Doniger is Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions in the Divinity School, University of Chicago. She is the author of many books, including The Hindus: An Alternative History. The Transparent Text / Laurie L. Patton -- Echoes Of The Mahābhārata / Wendy Doniger -- The Scrapbook Of Undeserved Salvation / Wendy Doniger -- Purāṇa As Brahminic Ideology / Velcheru Narayana Rao -- On Folk Mythologies And Folk Purāṇas / A.k. Ramanujan -- Remaking A Purāṇa / David Shulman -- Information And Transformation / Friedhelm Hardy -- An Overview Of The Jaina Purāṇas / John E. Cort -- Jaina Purāṇas / Padmanabh S. Jaini. Edited By Wendy Doniger. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 295-315) And Index.