Dharma, disorder, and the political in ancient India : the Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata

Adam Bowles
Leiden : Brill ; Biggleswade : Extenza Turpin [distributor], 2007

ISBN: 9789004158153

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Book description
The Āpaddharmaparvan, 'the book on conduct in tunes of distress', is an important section of the great Sanskrit epic the Mahābhārata which, despite its significance for Mahābhārata studies and for the history of Indian social and political thought, has received little attention in scholarly literature.
This book places the Āpaddharmaparvan within its literary and ideological contexts. In so doing it explores the development of a conception of brahmatic kingship morally justifiable within the terms of a debate largely set by various alternative social movements of the period.
This book further explores the implications for our understanding of the Mahābhārata that follow from the Āpaddharmaparvan's presentation as a poetically cohesive unit within itself and within the wider parameters of the Mahābhārata.

About the author
Mr Adam Bowles is a Researcher at Monash University in the School of Historical Studies, Faculty of Arts.

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