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2023

Conference Publication

Before the Gītā: Battlefield, bhūmi, and the cosmographs of the Mahābhārata

Bowles, Adam (2023). Before the Gītā: Battlefield, bhūmi, and the cosmographs of the Mahābhārata. World Sanskrit Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 9-13 January 2023.

Before the Gītā: Battlefield, bhūmi, and the cosmographs of the Mahābhārata

2022

Journal Article

On the growth and composition of the Sanskrit epics and purāṇas: relationship to Kāvya: social and economic context

Bowles, Adam (2022). On the growth and composition of the Sanskrit epics and purāṇas: relationship to Kāvya: social and economic context. Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 117 (1), 66-70. doi: 10.1515/olzg-2022-0025

On the growth and composition of the Sanskrit epics and purāṇas: relationship to Kāvya: social and economic context

2019

Book Chapter

The Gṛhastha in the Mahābhārata

Bowles, 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.

The Gṛhastha in the Mahābhārata

2018

Book Chapter

The dasyu in the Mahābhārata

Bowles, 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.

The dasyu in the Mahābhārata

2018

Book Chapter

Law during emergencies: āpaddharma

Bowles, 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

Law during emergencies: āpaddharma

2018

Book

The churning of the Epics and Purāṇas: proceedings of the Epics and Puranas Section at the 15th World Sanskrit Conference

Simon Brodbeck, Adam Bowles and Alf Hiltebeitel eds. (2018). The churning of the Epics and Purāṇas: proceedings of the Epics and Puranas Section at the 15th World Sanskrit Conference. New Delhi, India: Dev Publishers & Distributors.

The churning of the Epics and Purāṇas: proceedings of the Epics and Puranas Section at the 15th World Sanskrit Conference

2017

Book Chapter

The Mahābhārata and dharma

Bowles, Adam (2017). The Mahābhārata and dharma. Hinduism in India: The Early Period. (pp. 60-84) edited by Bailey, Greg. Delhi: Sage.

The Mahābhārata and dharma

2016

Book Chapter

Reflections on the upākhyānas in the Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata

Bowles, 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

Reflections on the upākhyānas in the Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata

2015

Journal Article

Dharma and ‘custom’: semantic persistence, semantic change and the anxieties of the principled few

Bowles, Adam (2015). Dharma and ‘custom’: semantic persistence, semantic change and the anxieties of the principled few. Religions of South Asia, 9 (2), 137-163. doi: 10.1558/rosa.v9i2.31072

Dharma and ‘custom’: semantic persistence, semantic change and the anxieties of the principled few

2012

Journal Article

Historical traditions in Hindu texts

Bowles, Adam (2012). Historical traditions in Hindu texts. Oxford Bibliographies in Hinduism doi: 10.1093/OBO/9780195399318-0054

Historical traditions in Hindu texts

2012

Book

A history of state and religion in India

Copland, Ian, Mabbett, Ian, Roy, Asim, Brittlebank, Kate and Bowles, Adam (2012). A history of state and religion in India. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203126943

A history of state and religion in India

2010

Journal Article

Governance and religious conflict in the eighteenth century: Religion and the civil discourse of separateness in the Maratha polity

Bowles, Adam (2010). Governance and religious conflict in the eighteenth century: Religion and the civil discourse of separateness in the Maratha polity. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 33 (1), 61-74. doi: 10.1080/00856401003592479

Governance and religious conflict in the eighteenth century: Religion and the civil discourse of separateness in the Maratha polity

2010

Journal Article

The failure of dharma

Bowles, Adam (2010). The failure of dharma. Seminar (New Delhi): the monthly symposium (608), 26-31.

The failure of dharma

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.

Framing bhisma's royal instructions: The Mahabharata and the problem of its ‘design’

2008

Other Outputs

Maha-bharata: Book Eight. Karna Volume Two: Cantos 55-96

Bowles, Adam (2008). Maha-bharata: Book Eight. Karna Volume Two: Cantos 55-96. New York, NY, U.S.A.: New York University Press; JJC Foundation.

Maha-bharata: Book Eight. Karna Volume Two: Cantos 55-96

2007

Book

Dharma, Disorder and the Political in Ancient India: the Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata

Bowles, Adam (2007). Dharma, Disorder and the Political in Ancient India: the Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers.

Dharma, Disorder and the Political in Ancient India: the Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata

2006

Book

Maha-bharata: Book Eight. Karna Volume One: Cantos 1-54

Bowles, Adam (2006). Maha-bharata: Book Eight. Karna Volume One: Cantos 1-54. New York, NY, U.S.A.: New York University Press; JJC Foundation.

Maha-bharata: Book Eight. Karna Volume One: Cantos 1-54