{"id":2219,"date":"2026-07-13T13:24:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2219"},"modified":"2026-07-13T13:24:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:24:41","slug":"madhavi-narsalay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2219","title":{"rendered":"Madhavi Narsalay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MADHAVI NARSALAY<br>Mumbai University\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 madhavinarsalay@yahoo.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">INTER- AND INTRATEXTUALITY IN THE ACCOUNT OF DESTRUCTION OF DAK\u1e62A\u2019S YAJ\u00d1A<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The destruction of the <em>yaj\u00f1a<\/em> performed by Dak\u1e63a is an important episode in the Epics and the <em>Pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>s.&nbsp; The <em>R\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a<\/em> gives a passing reference to it (<em>B\u0101lak\u0101\u1e47\u1e0da<\/em> 66,9\u201310).&nbsp; However, the <em>Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em> gives a detailed account of it in the <em>Sauptikaparvan<\/em> and <em>\u015a\u0101ntiparvan<\/em>.&nbsp; Twelve <em>Mah\u0101pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>s describe the story.&nbsp; The number indicates the religious significance, popularity and the causal nature of the account.&nbsp; By causal nature, it is meant that the effect of this sacred story is reflected in various accounts further for example the creation of <em>\u015aaktip\u012b\u1e6dha<\/em>s.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The paper will focus on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:lower-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Inter-textuality of the sacred story: This incorporates the inter-relationship of <em>Pur\u0101na<\/em>s with each other<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Intra-textuality of the sacred story: This incorporates the various layers of narratives within one text for the formulation of the entire story<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the study of this narrative, one can understand the fluidity of the Epic-Pur\u0101nic tradition which involves a mixture of various voices because of borrowing and reshaping the narrative from Vedic literature.&nbsp; The path is two-fold: a) study of narrative in a polyphonic manner b) the dialogue which a text has with itself.&nbsp; In the course of the discussion, the paper will comment upon ritualism, worship, rise and decline of various gods and rise of <em>\u015aaktip\u012b\u1e6dha<\/em>s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MADHAVI NARSALAYMumbai University\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 madhavinarsalay@yahoo.com INTER- AND INTRATEXTUALITY IN THE ACCOUNT OF DESTRUCTION OF DAK\u1e62A\u2019S YAJ\u00d1A The destruction of the yaj\u00f1a performed by Dak\u1e63a is an important episode in the Epics and the Pur\u0101\u1e47as.&nbsp; The R\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a gives a passing reference to it (B\u0101lak\u0101\u1e47\u1e0da 66,9\u201310).&nbsp; However, the Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata gives a detailed account of it in the Sauptikaparvan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2219","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2220,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2219\/revisions\/2220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}