By the way, in Samudramathana by Vatsaraja this story about Mohini is retold in a funny way.
Best regards, Dmitrii Komissarov сб, 14 мар. 2026 г., 00:19 Дмитрий Комиссаров <[email protected]>: > By the way, in Samudramathana by Vatsaraja this story about Mohini is > retold in a funny way. > > Best regards, > Dmitrii Komissarov > > сб, 14 мар. 2026 г., 00:15 Valerie Roebuck via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]>: > >> What an interesting topic. If divine figures are included, there is Viṣṇu’s >> appearance as Mohinĩ *(Mahãbhãrata *etc). If she wants to look beyond >> Sanskrit, we have the story of Soreyya/Soreyyã in the Pali commentarial >> literature. >> >> Valerie J Roebuck >> Manchester, UK >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 13 Mar 2026, at 20:47, Marco Franceschini via INDOLOGY < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dear friends and colleagues, >> >> one of my students is writing her undergraduate thesis on the theme of >> gender change in pre-modern Sanskrit literature. >> So far, we have identified the following cases: >> - Ila/Sudyumna-Ilā (*Rāmāyaṇa*, *Bhāgavatapurāṇa*, *Viṣṇupurāṇa*, >> *Vāyupurāṇa*) >> - Bhaṅgāsvana (*Mahābhārata*) >> - Śikhaṇḍin (*Mahābhārata*) >> - Mūladeva (*Vetālapañcaviṃśati*) >> - Rūpāvatī (*Divyāvadāna*) >> - Arjuna (*Mahābhārata*) >> >> As for studies on the subject, we have been able to identify only these >> three: >> - M. Bloomfield, *On the Art of Entering Another's Body: A Hindu Fiction >> Motif* >> - N. Brown, *Change of Sex as a Hindu Story Motif* >> - R. Goldman, *Transsexualism, Gender, and Anxiety in Traditional India* >> >> I would be grateful for any additional suggestions you might wish to >> provide. >> >> Thank you in advance for your suggestions. >> Best wishes, >> >> Marco >> --- >> Marco Franceschini >> ———————————--- >> Associate Professor >> University of Bologna >> Department of History and Cultures >> Personal web page <https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/marco.franceschini3/en> >> Academia web page <http://unibo.academia.edu/MarcoFranceschini> >> — >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> >
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