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O'Connell, Joseph, 229

Oedipus complex, 34 , 37

O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger, 85 n1, 252 nn3,4

Oppositinnal Ramayanas , 10 -12;

Buddhist, 51 ;

Dutt's MeghanadavadhaKavya as, 137 -38, 142 -49;

Jain, 33 -35;

in Kerala shadow puppet play, 164 -66;

in E. V Ramasami's exegesis, 175 -95;

women's songs as, 114 -36

Oral tradition: audience of, 156 , 170 ;

and Brahmin women's songs, 114 -30, 133 -34;

in Kannada folklore, 35 -37;

and lower-caste women's songs, 114 , 130 -33;

and multiplicity of Ramayanas , 156 ;

in Santali, 44 ;

and tale of Surpanakha's mutilation, 68 ;

and Tulsidas's Ramcaritmanas , 236 , 238 . See also Bhajans ; Songs

Ottakkuttar, 111 n5