Table of Contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Transliteration Conventions
- Introduction
- Synopsis of the Brothers Story
- One Place, Time, and Personnel
- Two Ritual Dimensions of the Story
- Three Oral Performances
- Plates
- Four Printed Texts
- Five Story Structure
- Six Actions and Events
- Seven Moral Principles
- Eight Metaphors and General Comparisons
- Conclusion
- Appendix I The Epic Dice Game: Parchesi
- Appendix II Hero Shrines and Shrine Areas
- Appendix III Some Tamil Renderings of the Mahābhārata
- Appendix IV Variant Names in Eight Versions of the Brothers Story
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index