Yudhiṣṭhira, Salvation, and Selfless Action in the Sanskrit Mahābhārata (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004749504)

Vendor: Paloma Muñoz Gomez
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
$137.00
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Yudhiṣṭhira, Salvation, and Selfless Action in the Sanskrit Mahābhārata

$137.00

Yudhiṣṭhira, Salvation, and Selfless Action in the Sanskrit Mahābhārata

$137.00
Format: Hardcover
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How does the Sanskrit Mahābhārata act as a religious text? What is the relation between this text's ideas of salvation and its main character King Yudhiṣṭhira? This book shows that Yudhiṣṭhira serves as a medium for the organization of diverse soteriological ideas. Examining this character's narrative trajectory of struggles and redemptions, this book shows he is intimately associated with mokṣa (liberation from rebirth). Importantly, Yudhiṣṭhira serves to redefine mokṣa as selfless action performed as part of a person's inherited duty (svadharma), action done for the sake of dharma alone.

Author: Paloma Muñoz Gomez
ISBN-10: 9004749500
ISBN-13: 9789004749504
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 05/28/2026
Pages: 356
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.53lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.10w x 0.88d
By Paloma Muñoz Gomez
By Paloma Muñoz Gomez
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Paloma Muñoz Gómez, Ph.D. (2020) University of Queensland, is an Adjunct Professor at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. Her research investigates ideas of moral behavior, personal salvation, emotions and other mental states in Sanskrit religious narratives.

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