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CHHATTISGARH REDISCOVERED : Vedantic Approaches to Folklore

By :- H.L. Shukla

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Type: English

Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 978-81-7305-058-9

Place: New Delhi

Edition: 1st

Publisher: ARYAN BOOKS INTERNATIONAL

Size: 18cm x 25cm

Product Year: 1995

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The book is an invitation to scholars to rediscover the past glory of Chhattisgarh-a little known but fascinating part of Middle India. The purpose of this book is to present a new method to explore the ?hidden? meaning in the oral traditions of Chhattisgarh. The book then presents a semiotic approach to the oral history of Chhattisgarh. It is the history from the bottom which betrays the anguish of a community, and demands the shaping of a just and realistic future for the under-privileged and outcasts in Indian society. It is the use of mythology to present history. A new history has been filtered from the mythical data of Chhattisgarh. Mythical thoughts of Guru Ghasidasa mediate the gaps between continuity and change, thereby authenticating the idea of ?total history? of Chhattisgarh. The book expresses both the tradition and the actual. It is a combination of intra-cultural (Sastra and Loka) and intercultural relations; therefore intertextalism is connected not only with historic texts but also with folkgenre. It may thus give a broader dimension to the present-day realities and past happenings. It is hoped that the book will be a cause foe collective action. It is also hoped that freedom and human dignity will continue to be the central concern of all the works of history.

Preface List of illustrations Chapter 1 ? Introduction Chapter 2 ? Semotic Break: The Process of Adharottara in Chhattisgarh Chapter 3 ? Guru Ghasidasa and Satnam ? Pantha Chapter 4 ? The Semiotics of Satnam Chapter 5 ? The Model of Jait Khambha Chapter 6 - Satnam Paradigm of Satloka Chapter 7 ? Satnami Speech Behaviour Chapter 8 ? The Forest of Symbols Chapter 9 ? The Forest-Songs Chapter 10 ? Panthi: The Sectarian Dance and Song Appendices Appendix 1 ? P. Vans Agnew: A Report on the Subah or Province of Chhattisghur 2- E. M. Gordon: some Notes Concerning the People of Mungeli tehsil, Bilaspur District 3- Charles Grant: The Gazetteer of Central Provinces. 4- P.N. Bose: Chhattisgar: notes on its tribes, sects and castes Glossary of Chhattisgarhi Terms Notes to Chapters Bibliography Index

Professor H.L. Shukla (b. 1939) M.A. (Skt/Ling) gold medallist, Ph.D. (Skt/Ling), D. Litt (Skt/Ling); joined as an Asstt. Professor in 1963 and has since held several responsible positions. He has supervised more than forty Ph.D. theses. He is the recipient of various academic awards and is a noted scholar of international repute. Prof. Shukla has written hundreds of articles in Indian and foreign journals and he is the founder-editor of Psycholingua (1970-94). He has also authored more than fifty books in Sanskrit, Hindi. English, Gondi and Halbi languages which include A Comprehensive Dictionary of Kalidasa (5 vols.), The Literary Semantics of Kalidasa, Modern Sanskrit Literature (5 vols.), Guru Ghasidasamahakavyam, Linguistic Atlas of Baghelkhand, Semiotic Indica (2 vols.), Tribal Languages and Literature, Tribal Music, Socio-cultural Approach to Tribal Languages, Dictionary of Tribal Languages (3 vols.), Tribal Heritage of Madhya Pradesh, History of the People of Bastar (7 vols.), Social History of Chhattisgarh and Guru Ghasidasa (in three languages). At present he is Professor and Head of Comparative Languages and Culture at Barkatullah University, Bhopal, M.P., India.

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