Bruce Sullivan (Northern Arizona University)

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Prof. Bruce M. Sullivan
Coordinator, Religious Studies Program
Dept. of Humanities & Religious Studies
Box 6031
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ  86011  USA

phone: 928-523-0244
Fax:   928-523-1881
email: bruce.sullivan@nau.edu
url:   http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~bms

Education:  PhD, 1984, The University of Chicago
            South Asian Languages & Civilizations
            History of Religions

Publications:

_The Wedding of Arjuna and Subhadra: The Kuu.tiyaa.t.tam Drama "Subhadraa-Dhana~njaya."
Coauthored with N.P. Unni.  Delhi:  Nag Pubs., 2001.

_Historical Dictionary of Hinduism.  vol. 13, Religions, Philosophies, &
 Movements series.  Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1997.

_"Temple rites and temple servants: Religion's role in the survival of
 Kerala's Kutiyattam drama tradition."  International Journal of Hindu
 Studies, 1 (1997): 97-115.

_Krsna Dvaipayana Vyasa & the Mahabharata: A New Interpretation.
 Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1990.

_The Sun God's Daughter and King Sa.mvara.na:  "Tapatii-Sa.mvara.nam" and
 the Kuu.tiyaa.t.tam Drama Tradition, translated and introduced by N. P.
 Unni & Bruce M. Sullivan (Delhi: Nag Pubs., 1995).  Includes Sanskrit
 text, Sanskrit commentary, English translation, introductory essays, and
 bibliography. 

_"Tapatii-Sa.mvara.nam, a Kuu.tiyaa.t.tam Drama by Kulasekhara Varman,
 Introduced by Bruce M. Sullivan, Translated by Bruce M. Sullivan and N. P.
 Unni."  Asian Theatre Journal 13 (Spring, 1996): 26-53. 

_"The Religious Authority of the Mahabharata:  Vyasa and Brahma in the
 Hindu Scriptural Tradition,"  Journal of the American Academy of
 Religion, 62, no.  2 (Summer 1994): 377-401. 

Research interests:  
	Hinduism, 
	Mahabharata, 
	drama & religion, 
	performance & ritual, 
	Sanskrit literature.
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[Krsna / Krishna]
[Kutiyattam]