Pandanus ’05: Nature in Literature, Myth and Ritual

Redaktoři

J. Vacek

Vydáno

Charles University, Faculty of Arts
Signeta
Praha 2005, 294 pp.
ISBN 80-903325-2-8

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An international volume of papers on nature in classical and modern Indian literature (Sanskrit, Tamil, Hindi), in Indian ritual, in Tibetan, classical Chinese and Korean literatures, and in Czech literature (O. Březina).

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The mountain and the cave in the Krsna myth

Barbara Grabowska

The motif of the snake in modern Hindi short stories

Dagmar Marková

Some Indian myths on the origin of painting

Cincia Pieruccini

The ocean in Magha’s Sisupalavadha

Anna Trynkowska

“Parrot” in Old Tamil Sangam literature – formulas and images

Jaroslav Vacek

Flowers and leaves in the worship of Hindu deities

Petr Duda

A note on plants in the Devi-Mahatmya

Martin Hříbek

The tigress and the Goddess. The Tibetan sacred place Tagtshang Lhamo

Daniel Berounský

The plum symbol and poetry of Yuan Mei (1716–1798)

Eva Janková

Tumbleweed – a lonely traveller in the world of Chinese plants

Olga Lomová

Bamboo topos and bamboo stories from the Samguk yusa chronicle

Miriam Loewensteinová

Vitis vinifera L. ssp. sativa (DC.) Hegi in the works of Otokar Březina

Petr Holman