Storied Hills
Taking as the point of departure the Ahobilamāhātmya narratives that depict local hills as Narasiṃha‘s residence, the paper considers those hill narratives as a product of interrelatedness of nature and culture and examines the crucial role such a product may play in vesting Ahobilam with the notio...
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| author | Ewa Dębicka-Borek |
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Taking as the point of departure the Ahobilamāhātmya narratives that depict local hills as Narasiṃha‘s residence, the paper considers those hill narratives as a product of interrelatedness of nature and culture and examines the crucial role such a product may play in vesting Ahobilam with the notion of sacredness. To this end, the narratives‘ ability to mediate various concepts is explored from the wider perspective of cultural ecology of literature, which allows them to be viewed as a site where besides nature and culture other domains can be reintegrated and reconciled, e.g., the elements of local and Brahmanic traditions. In addition, as I argue, such narratives may also convey some shifts in perceiving the landscape.
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| spelling | doaj.art-5cdc26c978784d619058a6c965d3af772023-12-15T15:08:04ZengKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingCracow Indological Studies1732-09172449-86962023-12-0125110.12797/CIS.25.2023.01.04Storied HillsEwa Dębicka-Borek0Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland Taking as the point of departure the Ahobilamāhātmya narratives that depict local hills as Narasiṃha‘s residence, the paper considers those hill narratives as a product of interrelatedness of nature and culture and examines the crucial role such a product may play in vesting Ahobilam with the notion of sacredness. To this end, the narratives‘ ability to mediate various concepts is explored from the wider perspective of cultural ecology of literature, which allows them to be viewed as a site where besides nature and culture other domains can be reintegrated and reconciled, e.g., the elements of local and Brahmanic traditions. In addition, as I argue, such narratives may also convey some shifts in perceiving the landscape. https://journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/5491AhobilamsacrednessnaturecultureAhobilamāhātmyaNarasiṃha |
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| title | Storied Hills |
| title_full | Storied Hills |
| title_fullStr | Storied Hills |
| title_full_unstemmed | Storied Hills |
| title_short | Storied Hills |
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| topic | Ahobilam sacredness nature culture Ahobilamāhātmya Narasiṃha |
| url | https://journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/5491 |
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