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Associate Professor in the Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto

Public Lecture Abstract:
While many are well familiar with the Gita, the 18 chapter episode that inaugurates the Kuruksetra war, most of us are less acquainted with Book X of the Mahabharata, the 18 chapters that conclude the war. In this discussion, we will consider the structural, psychological, and aesthetic functions of the Sauptikaparva, the Book of the Sleeping Warriors. How should we interpret the events of the Xth book? What might they suggest about the overall design of the Mahabharata?

About:
Arti Dhand’s areas of interest include the Mahabharata and the Ramayana Hindu epics, Hindu ethics, gender issues in Hinduism, and religion and sexuality. She is the author of Woman as Fire, Woman as Sage: Sexual Ideology in the Mahabharata (2008) and numerous articles on topics such as “Engendering Brahmanirvanam in the Mahabharata: A Conversation between Suka and Sulabha,” “Hinduism and Pedagogy: Teaching Hinduism to Hindus in the Canadian Diaspora,” and “The Subversive Nature of Dharma in the Mahabharata: A Tale of Women, Smelly Ascetics, and God.” She has a BA and MA from the University of Calgary, and a PhD from McGill University. .

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