Books by Alf Hiltebeitel
The paper focuses on tirtha (pilgrimage) sites mentioned in a pilgrimage itinerary advocated by t... more The paper focuses on tirtha (pilgrimage) sites mentioned in a pilgrimage itinerary advocated by the sage Pulastya to Bhisma, which Pulastya describes in brief detail. The paper capitalizes on the fat that Pulastya advocated this itinerary long ago (in epic time) to Bhisma, before the birth's of Krsna and the epic's heroes and heroines of the central generation. In an adjacent pilgrimage list described by the sage Lomasa to the Pandavas, one can see the changes in several salient Vaishnava sites, which reflect on the interim appearance of Krsna in the world. The article thus s able to discern that Pulastya speaks of older types of bhakti than Krsna-bhakti: Siva-bhakti, Goddess-bhakti, and ancestral bhakti. The article also divides Pulastya's list into three broad regions: Kuruksetra, Northwest India beyond Kuruksetra, and the rest of India,, noting the preponderance of Pulastya's interest in the Kuruksetra area.
Argument and Design features fifteen essays by leading scholars of the Sanskrit epics, the Mahābh... more Argument and Design features fifteen essays by leading scholars of the Sanskrit epics, the Mahābhārata and the Rāmāyaṇa, discussing the Mahābhārata’s upākhyānas, subtales that branch off from the central storyline and provide vantage points for reflecting on it.
Contributors include: Vishwa Adluri, Joydeep Bagchee, Greg Bailey, Adam Bowles, Simon Brodbeck, Nicolas Dejenne, Sally J. Sutherland Goldman, Robert P. Goldman, Alf Hiltebeitel, Thennilapuram Mahadevan, Adheesh Sathaye, Bruce M. Sullivan, and Fernando Wulff Alonso.
This is the first volume of a projected three-volume work on the little-known South Indian folk c... more This is the first volume of a projected three-volume work on the little-known South Indian folk cult of the goddess Draupadi and on the classical epic, the Mahabharata, that the cult brings to life in mythic, ritual, and dramatic forms. Draupadi, the chief heroine of the Sanskrit Mahabharata, takes on many unexpected guises in her Tamil cult, but her dimensions as a folk goddess remain rooted in a rich interpretive vision of the great epic. By examining the ways that the cult of Draupadi commingles traditions about the goddess and the epic, Alf Hiltebeitel shows the cult to be singularly representative of the inner tensions and working dynamics of popular devotional Hinduism.
Papers by Alf Hiltebeitel
Between the Empires, 2006
The Journal of the American Oriental Society, 2004
Indo Iranian Journal, 2000
Religious Studies Review 41 No. 4 (2015): 153–74
History of Religions, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Feb., 1980), pp. 187-223
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 2003
Bulletin of The School of Oriental and African Studies-university of London, 2002
Page 1. REVIEWS Ressembler au monde: nouveaux documents sur la théorie du macro-microcosme... more Page 1. REVIEWS Ressembler au monde: nouveaux documents sur la théorie du macro-microcosme dans l'antiquité orientale. (Bibliothe`que de l'E´ cole des Hautes E´ tudes Section des Sciences Religieuses, 106.) 194 pp. ...
Journal of Religion, 1992
Indian Economic and Social History Review, 1994
History of Religions, 1992
Indian Economic and Social History Review, 2001
History of Religions, 1980
... esp. pp. 158-359 (hereafter cited as "Am-bivalent Mistress&a... more ... esp. pp. 158-359 (hereafter cited as "Am-bivalent Mistress"); PK Nambiar, ed., CTRajan and TS Rajaram, research, Census of India 1971, ser. 19, Tamilnadu, part VB, Ethnographic Notes. Scheduled Castes of Tamilnadu, vol. ...
History of Religions, 1984
History of Religions, 1979
History of Religions, 1977
History of Religions, 1980
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Books by Alf Hiltebeitel
Contributors include: Vishwa Adluri, Joydeep Bagchee, Greg Bailey, Adam Bowles, Simon Brodbeck, Nicolas Dejenne, Sally J. Sutherland Goldman, Robert P. Goldman, Alf Hiltebeitel, Thennilapuram Mahadevan, Adheesh Sathaye, Bruce M. Sullivan, and Fernando Wulff Alonso.
Papers by Alf Hiltebeitel
Contributors include: Vishwa Adluri, Joydeep Bagchee, Greg Bailey, Adam Bowles, Simon Brodbeck, Nicolas Dejenne, Sally J. Sutherland Goldman, Robert P. Goldman, Alf Hiltebeitel, Thennilapuram Mahadevan, Adheesh Sathaye, Bruce M. Sullivan, and Fernando Wulff Alonso.