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An exploration into South Asia's regional epic traditions. The author draws on his own fieldwork and analyzes how the oral tradition of the south Indian cult of the goddess Draupadi and five regional martial oral epics compare with one another and tie in with the Sanskrit epics.

Rethinking Indias Oral and Classical Epics

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 01/05/1999
      ISBN13: 9780226340517, 978-0226340517
      ISBN10: 0226340511
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      Book Synopsis
      An exploration into South Asia's regional epic traditions. The author draws on his own fieldwork and analyzes how the oral tradition of the south Indian cult of the goddess Draupadi and five regional martial oral epics compare with one another and tie in with the Sanskrit epics.

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