South Asia

United States of America

Professor, Coordinator of Religious Studies Program

Northern Arizona University

bruce.sullivan@nau.edu

Dept. of Humanities & Religious Studies
Box 6031
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011 USA

phone: 928-523-0244
Fax: 928-523-1881

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~bms

India

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

Hinduism,
Mahabharata,
drama & religion,
performance & ritual,
Sanskrit literature.

_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.

Hinduism ; Mahabharata ; Sanskrit literature ; Krsna ; Krishna ; Kutiyattam ; ...