Draupadi is a wonder woman in the history of literature. She is undoubtedly the central character in Mahabharata. Other than the Draupadi we find in Vyasa's Mahabharata - in all Folk Mahabharatas -Draupadi is a powerful woman with powerful sexuality. In the Buddhist Jataka, Draupadi has illicit sexual relation with a hump-backed servant; in some Folk Mahabharata of South India, Draupadi has secret sexual desire for Krishna and Karna; in Bheel Bharata - a Folk Mahabharata of the Bheel (or, Bhil) tribes of Rajasthan - she has sexual relation with Vasuka Naga, a `snake' king and is Vasuki's willing sexual partner for sometime; and in Devi Bhagavata Puraana, Kichaka, the brother-in-law of King Virata of Matsya Kingdom, rapes her. In the present story, my attempt to reconcile `classical' and Folk Draupadi, is by infusing the Greek mythical elements in Draupadi's sexual relations outside her polyandrous marriage. Draupadi - to me - is the superior example of woman's Evolutionary Psychology in full splendour.
- ISBN13 9781105402999
- Publish Date 30 October 2016
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook
- Language English