Tales of Endings and Beginnings: Cycles of Violence as a Leitmotif in the Narrative Structure of the <i>Bhadrakāḷīmāhātmya</i>
The <i>asura’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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MDPI AG
2020-03-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/3/119 |