Proceedings of the conference "Patterns of Bravery". The figure of the hero in Indian literature, art and thought

CONTENTS Preface by Tiziana Pontillo p. 11 ALESSANDRO BATTISTINI Cardboard Weapons: Rudraṭa, The Goddess and the Origin of Citrakāvya p. 21 JOHANNES BRONKHORST Reflections on the Fate of Northwestern Brahmins p. 37 EWA DĘBICKA-BOREK The Bravery of Sāluva Narasiṃha and the Grace of Narasiṃha Deity p. 62 ALEXANDER DUBYANSKIY Patterns of Heroic Behavior in Old and Medieval Tamil Poetry p. 79 DANIELLE FELLER The Epic Hero: Between Brahmin and Warrior p. 97 MARTIN HŘÍBEK Heroes from the Margins in Contemporary Bengali Fiction p. 113 FRANK KÖHLER Karṇa ̣and the Dharmik Evaluation of Character in the Mahābhārata p. 131 CHIARA NERI – TIZIANA PONTILLO Words Involving the Stem Brahman- Denoting the Achievement of Super-Human Status in Vedic and Sutta Piṭaka Sources p. 151 ALBERTO PELISSERO Some Glimpses about the Semantic Domain of Vīra in Indian Culture p. 195 DAVID PIERDOMINICI LEÃO The Kavi as a Warrior: the Poetic Fight Between Aruṇagirinātha Diṇḍima and Śrīnātha as an Image of Literary Changes in 15th Century Vijayanagara p. 205 CHIARA POLICARDI Mastering Oneself, Meeting the Otherness: the Vīra in the Early Tantric Yoginī Cult p. 217 CHETTIARTHODI RAJENDRAN When the King is Captured: Perceptions Of Heroism in the Pratijñāyaugandharāyaṇa Of Bhāsa p. 240 PAOLA M. ROSSI The Sounds of the Warrior: the Vedic Drums between War and Poetry p. 253 BOŻENA ŚLIWCZYŃSKA Bravery of the Durātman Hero – the Figure of Rāvaṇa on the Kūṭiyāṭṭam Stage p. 289 DANUTA STASIK Immovable as Aṅgada: Īśvardās’s Aṅgad paij (1502) p. 300 LIDIA SUDYKA The Chejarla Temple Myth Revisited: Self-decapitation in Medieval Andhra p. 318 LETIZIA TRINCO Heroes Beyond the Texts: Sacrifice, Death and Afterlife in the Iconography of Southern Maharashtra’s Hero-Stones p. 341 ANNA TRYNKOWSKA The Making of a Hero: Kṛṣṇa in Mahābhārata 2.30-42 and in Māgha’s Śiśupālavadha p. 364 ALEKSANDRA TUREK A Good Villain: the Bravery of the Dacoits from the Śekhāvaṭī Region of Rājasthān p. 377 JAROSLAV VACEK Tamil Sangam ‘Man of War’ – His Activities and Aspirations p. 390 YAROSLAV VASSILKOV The Indian Hero in Heaven and on Earth: on the Meaning of the Word Devaputra p. 433