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Understanding “Slandering”: A Study of Luo Yin’s Writings of Slandering
This thesis is an attempt to study a collection of fifty-eight short essays-Writings of Slandering-written and compiled by the late Tang scholar Luo Yin. The research questions are who are slandered, why are the targets ... -
Urbanization and Interactions in the Early Historic Deccan: The Sātavāhana, Western Kṣatrapa, and Ikṣvāku Dynasties
(2012-09-13)This thesis examines the development of urbanization and interactions in the early historic Deccan. The Satavahana, Western Ksatrapa, and Iksvaku dynasties are the political constituents of this study, and I draw from ... -
Vidura Speaks: A Study of the Viduranīti and its Reception History
This thesis offers a close reading of an important yet neglected didactic text from the Indian epic Mahābhārata, namely the Viduranīti, which is a nocturnal politico-moral counsel of Vidura to Dhr̥tarāṣṭra. Adopting the ... -
Wājid ‘Alī Shāh Plays Krishna’s Stolen Flute: The Multiplicity of Voices in the King of Awadh’s Dramatic Work
Wājid ‘Alī Shāh Plays Krishna’s Stolen Flute: The Multiplicity of Voices in the King of Awadh’s Dramatic Work Genoveva Castro Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Professor Heidi Pauwels Department of Asian Languages and ... -
Wei-Jin Sacrificial Ballets: Reform versus Conservation
(2013-02-25)This dissertation examines the sixteen extant Wei-Jin sacrificial ballet hymns of Wang Can, Fu Xuan, Xun Xu, and Zhang Hua to discover the impetus for and significance of the changes in sacrificial hymns during the Wei-Jin ... -
What We Talk About When We Talk About Basara
The word basara is frequently used in discussing Japan’s fourteenth century. Indeed, the period itself is often casually referred to as the “age of basara,” and the fourteenth century military chronicle Taiheiki is its ...