Pandanus ’05: Nature in Literature, Myth and Ritual.
Edited by J. Vacek.
Charles University, Faculty of Arts; Signeta, Praha 2005, 294 pp.
ISBN 80-903325-2-8
Summary
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).
Contents
- Barbara Grabowska - The mountain and the cave in the Krsna myth
- Dagmar Marková - The motif of the snake in modern Hindi short stories
- Cincia Pieruccini - Some Indian myths on the origin of painting
- Anna Trynkowska - The ocean in Magha’s Sisupalavadha
- Jaroslav Vacek - “Parrot” in Old Tamil Sangam literature – formulas and images
- Petr Duda - Flowers and leaves in the worship of Hindu deities
- Martin Hříbek - A note on plants in the Devi-Mahatmya
- Daniel Berounský – The tigress and the Goddess. The Tibetan sacred place Tagtshang Lhamo
- Eva Janková - The plum symbol and poetry of Yuan Mei (1716–1798)
- Olga Lomová - Tumbleweed – a lonely traveller in the world of Chinese plants
- Miriam Loewensteinová - Bamboo topos and bamboo stories from the Samguk yusa chronicle
- Petr Holman - Vitis vinifera L. ssp. sativa (DC.) Hegi in the works of Otokar Březina
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