2023 Book Chapter Āstīka, black magic and apotropaic ritual: peacemaking brahmins and the snake sacrifice in the Mahābhārata’s ĀdiparvanBowles, Adam (2023). Āstīka, black magic and apotropaic ritual: peacemaking brahmins and the snake sacrifice in the Mahābhārata’s Ādiparvan. Visions and revisions in Sanskrit narrative: studies in the Sanskrit epics and purāṇas. (pp. 37-64) edited by Raj Balkaran and McComas Taylor. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/vrsn.2023.02 |
2019 Book Chapter The Gṛhastha in the MahābhārataBowles, Adam (2019). The Gṛhastha in the Mahābhārata. Gṛhastha: The Householder in Ancient Indian Religious Culture. (pp. 173-203) edited by Patrick Olivelle. New York, NY, United States: Oxford University Press. |
2018 Book Chapter Law during emergencies: āpaddharmaBowles, Adam (2018). Law during emergencies: āpaddharma. Hindu law: a new history of Dharmaśāstra. (pp. 245-256) edited by Patrick Olivelle and Donald R. Davis. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198702603.003.0020 |
2018 Book Chapter The dasyu in the MahābhārataBowles, Adam (2018). The dasyu in the Mahābhārata. The Churning of the Epics and Purāṇas: Proceedings of the Epics and Purāṇas Section at the 15th World Sanskrit Conference. (pp. 155-172) edited by Simon Brodbeck, Adam Bowles and Alf Hiltebeitel. New Delhi: Dev Publishers & Distributors. |
2017 Book Chapter The Mahābhārata and dharmaBowles, Adam (2017). The Mahābhārata and dharma. Hinduism in India: The Early Period. (pp. 60-84) edited by Bailey, Greg. Delhi: Sage. |
2016 Book Chapter Reflections on the upākhyānas in the Āpaddharmaparvan of the MahābhārataBowles, Adam (2016). Reflections on the upākhyānas in the Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata. Argument and Design: The Unity of the Mahābhārata. (pp. 320-358) edited by Adluri, Vishwa and Bagchee, Joydeep. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004271494_012 |
2009 Book Chapter Framing bhisma's royal instructions: The Mahabharata and the problem of its ‘design’Bowles, Adam (2009). Framing bhisma's royal instructions: The Mahabharata and the problem of its ‘design’. Parallels and comparisons : proceedings of the Fourth Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanskrit Epics and Puranas, September 2005. (pp. 121-135) edited by Petteri Koskikallio. Croatia: Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. |