Ambā: Feminine Vengeance in the Mahābhārata
Ambā is a female character who is wronged by Bhīṣma and who, later, takes revenge by her own means as the male character Śikhaṇḍin. The paper contextualizes the position of women, both in ancient India and in Sanskrit Epic literature, and analyzes the myth in its Sanskrit source (MBh. I, 94-100; V,...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Costa Rica |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/41638 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filyling/article/view/41638 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ambā Śikhaṇḍin Hindu Mythology Sanskrit Epics Mahābhārata mitología hindú épica sánscrita |
| Sumario: | Ambā is a female character who is wronged by Bhīṣma and who, later, takes revenge by her own means as the male character Śikhaṇḍin. The paper contextualizes the position of women, both in ancient India and in Sanskrit Epic literature, and analyzes the myth in its Sanskrit source (MBh. I, 94-100; V, 170-197; VI, 108-119), based on the terminology used for “vengeance” (pratikāra) and “womanhood” (strītva). |
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