The Metaphor of Boundary Crossing in Classical Sanskrit Literature

The paper deals with the metaphor the non-physical boundaries are physical boundaries in Classical Sanskrit literature (kāvya), especially in the mahākāvya (sargabandha) or the court epic genre. Several selected instances of the usage of this metaphor are analysed here in detail in their various co...

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Autor principal:	Anna Trynkowska
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Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2019
Materias:	kāvya mahākāvya sargabandha metaphor boundary maryādā Indo-Iranian languages and literature PK1-9601 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b38ca36ccbc34ccbb1f255c83bb05ad82021-11-27T12:53:58ZThe Metaphor of Boundary Crossing in Classical Sanskrit Literature10.12797/CIS.21.2019.02.091732-09172449-8696https://doaj.org/article/b38ca36ccbc34ccbb1f255c83bb05ad82019-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/1077https://doaj.org/toc/1732-0917https://doaj.org/toc/2449-8696 The paper deals with the metaphor the non-physical boundaries are physical boundaries in Classical Sanskrit literature (kāvya), especially in the mahākāvya (sargabandha) or the court epic genre. Several selected instances of the usage of this metaphor are analysed here in detail in their various contexts. In the stanzas discussed in the paper, the metaphor is skillfully elaborated by the authors: a man staying within/breaking/crossing the boundaries of law and/or propriety (maryādā) is most frequently metaphorically conceptualized as the ocean, normally staying within the boundaries of its shoreline (maryādā/velā) but violently overflowing them during universal destruction (pralaya). Anna TrynkowskaKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticlekāvyamahākāvyasargabandhametaphorboundarymaryādāIndo-Iranian languages and literaturePK1-9601Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, OceaniaPL1-8844ENCracow Indological Studies, Vol 21, Iss 2 (2019)
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spellingShingle	kāvya mahākāvya sargabandha metaphor boundary maryādā Indo-Iranian languages and literature PK1-9601 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844 Anna Trynkowska The Metaphor of Boundary Crossing in Classical Sanskrit Literature
description	The paper deals with the metaphor the non-physical boundaries are physical boundaries in Classical Sanskrit literature (kāvya), especially in the mahākāvya (sargabandha) or the court epic genre. Several selected instances of the usage of this metaphor are analysed here in detail in their various contexts. In the stanzas discussed in the paper, the metaphor is skillfully elaborated by the authors: a man staying within/breaking/crossing the boundaries of law and/or propriety (maryādā) is most frequently metaphorically conceptualized as the ocean, normally staying within the boundaries of its shoreline (maryādā/velā) but violently overflowing them during universal destruction (pralaya).
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The Metaphor of Boundary Crossing in Classical Sanskrit Literature

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