The "Brahminical Synthesis"
(How did it all come together?)


*the "Brahminical synthesis"*
*maps of the period*

 

 

 
 
 
 
REQUIRED WORK:
 

== Embree, vol. 1, pp. 234-251: "Artha: the Second End of Man"
== Embree, vol. 1, pp. 254-272: "Kama: The Third End of Man"

== Act I of Kalidasa's famous 4th-century(?) Sanskrit play "Shakuntala," in a classic 1789 translation by Sir William Jones: *on the CU site*

 
 
 
     
 
 
 
FURTHER RESOURCES:

= A very helpful cross-cultural overview of observed methods of harmonizing textual discrepancies *Farmer et al., 2002*

= Study material on the second two of the "four ends of man," linked to Sources of Indian Tradition: *artha* and *kama*

= D. N. Jha, "Paradox of the Indian Cow: Attitudes to Beef Eating in Early India: on *indowindow*. The author's book provoked a huge controversy (late 2001): here are *some accounts*.

= Luis Gonzalez-Reimann, "Vishnu as Fish: the Growth of a Story from the Brahmanas to the Puranas," Journal of Vaishnava Studies 15,1 (fall 2006): *on the CU website*

 
 
     
 

 
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