Vṛddhā-Kumārī: Establecimiento de un paisaje sagrado a través del fervor ascético

• Autores: Vanessa Garbanzo Pizarro
• Localización: Revista de filología y lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, ISSN-e 2215-2628, ISSN 0377-628X, Vol. 51, Nº. Extra 1, 2025
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.15517/998ezy35
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Vṛddhā-Kumārī: Establishment of a Sacred Landscape Through Ascetic Fervor
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  • The Vṛddhā-kumārī is a female character who is the protagonist of one of the subtales that make up the whole of what the Mahābhārata entails. She is a woman who dedicates her life to asceticism and whose life is tied to a physical place, therefore, having permanent consequences in it. This work analyzes her experiences from its Sanskrit source (MBh, 9.51) and explores the role of ascetic fervor in the transformation of the natural landscape into a sacred one, in addition to highlighting the cultural value of the forest as a place of retreat and the tīrtha as a place of connection with the divine.

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