Tales of Endings and Beginnings: Cycles of Violence as a Leitmotif in the Narrative Structure of the <i>Bhadrakāḷīmāhātmya</i>

The <i>asura&#8217;s</i> demise at the hands of the goddess is a theme frequently revisited in Hindu myth. It is the chronicle of a death foretold. So too is the <i>Bhadrakāḷīmāhātmya</i>, a sixteenth century regional purāṇa from Kerala, that narrates the tale of fierce g...

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Main Author: Noor van Brussel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-03-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/3/119