Maithrimurti,Mudagamuwe, Wohlwollen,Mitleid, Freude und Gleichmut. Eine ideengeschichtliche Untersuchung der vier apramānas in der buddhistischen Ethik und Spiritualität von den Anfängen bis hin zum frühen Yogācāra

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Simson,Georg von (ed.), Prātimoksasūtra der Sarvāstivädins

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Of Śüdras,Sütas,and Ślokas: Why is the Mahāabhārata Preeminently in the Anustubh Metre?

One striking difference between Vedic and post-VedicHindu literature lies in the fact that while the anustubh metre is sparsely represented in the Veda asa whole, it is the standard metre of post-Vedicreligious literature of Hinduism available inSanskrit. Thus the Mahābhārata, a major documentof post-Vedic Hinduism, is preeminently in the anustubh metre. How is this striking metrical fact tobe explained? This paper discusses the variousexplanations that may be offered to account for it. Inpart I it discusses the explanations that could beoffered on the basis of modern critical scholarship.In parts II–IX it develops the suggestion that theanswer may lie in the association of the Mahābhārata with the śūdras and of theśūdras with the anustubh metre.