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| Aśoka and Yudhiṣṭhira: A Historical Setting for the Ideological Tensions of the Mahābhārata? | ||
| 作者 | Sutton, Nick |
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| 出處題名 | Religion |
| 卷期 | v.27 n.4 |
| 出版日期 | 1997.10 |
| 頁次 | 333 - 341 |
| 出版者 | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.tandf.co.uk/ |
| 出版地 | Abingdon, UK [阿賓登, 英國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Nick Sutton, Department of Religious Studies, Edge Hill University College. |
| 摘要 | The Mahābhārata presents its hearers with the key figure of Yudhisthira, a king who repeatedly refuses to accept that violent opposition is the correct way to respond to the assaults of his aggressive political enemies. Historical evidence reveals that in the third century BCE India was ruled by a renowned emperor who was similarly opposed to the use of violent means to achieve political goals. By highlighting parallels between the text of the epic and the Aśokan edicts, this paper suggests that the character of Yudhisthira may have been modeled on the historical Aśoka and that the extended debates about the nature of royal dharma contained in the text may reflect ideological controversies arising from Aśoka's ideas on kingship. |
| ISSN | 0048721X (P); 10961151 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 228 |
| 建檔日期 | 2015.01.19 |
| 更新日期 | 2020.01.03 |
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