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The Anthropological Survey of India undertook tow projects on Rama-katha and the Mahabharata in the tribal and folk traditions of India. The seminar on the Mahabharata was held at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study in collaboration with the Anthropological Survey of India and Himachal Kala Sanskriti avam Bhasha Academy. A number of papers were presented by scholars, out of which 25 papers have been selected for presentation in this volume. They deal with the adaptation of the Mahabharata story to the historical situation and cultural specificities of various regions of India, its impact on performing arts, literature, etc.
The Mahabharata is truly the story of India, of its communities which have linked themselves to the epic traditions in their own way. The diffusion of Mahabharata traditions and their adaptation and recreation in various situations is a continuing process, a matter of absorbing interest. It demonstrates the inherent resilience and dynamism of the civilization processes in the country.
| Introduction | vii |
| The Mahabharata: An Anthropological Perspective | |
| K. S. Singh | 1 |
| Epic Metaphor in the Modern context of Indian Society | |
| Jawaharlal Handoo | 13 |
| Mahabharata Traditions and Kashmir's Links with the rest of India (Bharat) | |
| R. L. Raina (Shant) | 22 |
| Folk Version of Mahabharata in Jammu Region | |
| D. RA. Bali | 28 |
| Impact of the Mahabharata on Folk and Tribal Culture of Himachal Pradesh | |
| B. R. Sharma | 32 |
| The Mahabharata in Himalayan Folklore | |
| Neeru Nanda | 47 |
| Temples and Village Gods Associated with Heroes of the Mahabharata in Himachal Pradesh | |
| H. R. Justa | 56 |
| Thoda: A Martial Game of the Khasha People of Himachal Pradesh | |
| C. R. B. Lalit | 66 |
| Articles in Hindi | 79 |
| The Mahabharata Based Art Form: Ojapali | |
| Nabin Chandra Sarma | 111 |
| Some Characters of the Mahabharata as Depicted in Folk Traditions of Eastern Uttar Pradesh | |
| K. D. Upadhyaya | 130 |
| Articles in Hindi | 140 |
| Articles in Hindi | 145 |
| A Hero of the Mahabharata in the Folklore of Central India | |
| Mahendra Kumar Mishra | 157 |
| Sarala's Oriya Mahabharata "A Vox Populi" In Oriya Literature | |
| Pathani Patnaik | 171 |
| Folk-Tales from Sarala's Mahabharata | |
| Pravakar Swain | 177 |
| Folk Traditions Related to the Mahabharata in South India | |
| T. S. Rukmani | 184 |
| Transmutation of Mahabharata Characters as an Index of Contemporary Social Status of Women | |
| N. Krishna Kumari | 197 |
| The Pandavulu and Mahabharata Tradition | |
| P. Subba Chary | 203 |
| Performing Arts and the Mahabharata-Textual Interpretations | |
| Chummar Choondal | 211 |
| Specific Folk Forms Related to the Mahabharata Prevalent in Tamil Nadu | |
| Saraswathi Venugopal | 221 |
| The Influence of the Mahabharata in the Village Temples and Deities of Tamil Nadu | |
| K. Lakshminarayanan | 229 |
| Mahabharata in Tamil | |
| Ranganayaki Mahapatra | 241 |
| The Rise of a Short Tamil Mahabharata and its Influence on a Folk Version | |
| D. Seenisami | 246 |
| Draupadi in Folk Imagination | |
| P. Usha Sundari | 254 |
| Select Bibliography | 261 |
| Contributors | 263 |
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