See, for example, W. L. Smith, The Burden of the
Forest: Two Apocryphal Parvans from Vernacular Mahabharata, ROCZNIK
ORIENTALISTYCZNY, T. LIV. Z 1, 2001, pages 93-110). We thank Shri Pradip
Bhattacharya for making a copy of this article available to us.
Alf Hiltebeitel, The Cult of Draupadi 1.
Mythologies from Gingee to Kurukshetra, University of Chicago Press, 1988;
The Cult of Draupadi 2. On Hindu Rirual and the Goddess, University of
Chicago Press, 1991. Also see Rethinking India's Oral and Classical
Epics. Draupadi among Rajputs, Muslims and Dalits, University of
Chicago Press, 1999 by the same author.
Uttara Keralattile Thottam Pattukal, compiled by Dr.
M.V. Vishnu Nambudiri, published by Kerala Sahitya Akademi, (1981). We thank
Shri Venu Edakkazhiyur for making available to us a copy of this book, which
is currently out of print.
Based on the text given as a part of Mavaratham Pattu,
given in the book,
Malayalattile Pazhaya Pattukal by P. Govinda Pillai, pages 226-229.
Xerox of pages 226-229 provided by Prof. Vattapparampil Gopinatha Pillai
from a copy available at Sahitya Akademi, Trivandrum.
Based on information given in the book Ambalappuzha Srikrishnaswamy
Kshetram by Dr. Ambalappuzha Gopakumar, Chapter 10, Pallippanayude Porul
(Meaning of Pallippana), Ambalappuzha Srikrishnaswamy Kshetra Vikasana Trust
(2000).
We thank Prof. Vattapparampil Gopinatha Pillai for providing a copy of
Chapter 10 of this book.
Nizhalkkuttu attakkatha, Pannisseri Nanu Pillai,
first published 1926, second edition, 1978, published by Pannisseri
Sreenivasa Kurup. We thank Prof. Vattapparampil Gopinatha Pillai for making
a copy of this book available to us.
