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Heavenly Carrots and Earthly Sticks: How Phalasruti Paratexts Empower Puranic Discourse

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2012

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Taylor, McComas

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Oxford University Press

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Using Genette's theoretical framework of the 'paratext', this article analyses various phalaśruti texts found in the Skandapura. These enumerate the 'rewards of hearing', that is, supposed benefits accruing to the audience as the result of listening to p

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/64233

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ANU Research Publications

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The Journal of Hindu Studies

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Journal article

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10.1093/jhs/his012

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2037-12-31

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