‘<i<Ka asi kasya asi</i<, <i<kalyāṇi</i<?’ The Ambiguity of the <i<yakṣas</i< in the Araṇya Parva of the Mahābhārata

Supernatural entities are often described as ambiguous, but ambiguity is underdetermined and undefined. This article has a twofold goal: first of all, it constructs an ideal-type model for identifying and specifying ambiguity in supernatural beings; secondly, it examines the ambiguity of <i<ya...
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Autor*in:

Arjan Sterken [verfasserIn]

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2022

Schlagwörter:

Hinduism

Mahābhārata

mythology

folklore

ambiguity

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In: Religions - MDPI AG, 2011, 14(2022), 1, p 37

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volume:14 ; year:2022 ; number:1, p 37

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DOI / URN:

10.3390/rel14010037

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DOAJ081714297

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