本所的兼任教師兼訪問學者 Paloma Muñoz Gomez 近期發表新書 《Yudhiṣṭhira, Salvation, and Selfless Action in the Sanskrit Mahābhārata》

書中講述古印度兩大史詩之一的《摩訶婆羅多》(Mahābhārata) 究竟如何作為一種宗教文本運作，Paloma 博士藉由史詩中的角色: 尤帝希提羅 (Yudhiṣṭhira) 國王的遭遇，賦予「解脫」一種嶄新的詮釋。

書籍網站: https://brill.com/display/title/73545

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英文摘要:

How does the Sanskrit Mahābhārata act as a religious text? What is the relation between this text’s ideas of salvation and its main character King Yudhiṣṭhira? This book shows that Yudhiṣṭhira serves as a medium for the organization of diverse soteriological ideas. Examining this character’s narrative trajectory of struggles and redemptions, this book shows he is intimately associated with mokṣa (liberation from rebirth). Importantly, Yudhiṣṭhira serves to redefine mokṣa as selfless action performed as part of a person’s inherited duty (svadharma), action done for the sake of dharma alone.