TY - T1 - To make the short story long : The development of the frame-story structure in Sanskrit literature : The Vedic and Epic models SN - / UR - URN:ISBN:978-951-51-4770-7; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/270777 T3 - A1 - Hämeen-Anttila, Virpi A2 - PB - Helsingin yliopisto Y1 - 2019 LA - eng AB - The dissertation is interdisciplinary: it is divided between South Asian studies and comparative literature. Its special area is Sanskrit literature. It investigates first frame structures in Vedic literature (ca. 1200 - 500 BCE) and follows the development of the frame to the age of the epics Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa (ca. 400 BCE - 300 CE). In the material, the “omphalos” and dialogue hymns of the Ṛgveda and the narratives embedded in late Vedic commentaries (Brāhmaṇas) receive special attent... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Etelä-Aasian tutkimus; yleinen kirjallisuustiede N1 - PP - ER -