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8 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read
The mentions of kubera in the 18 parvan-s of the mahAbhArata & the 7 kANDa-s of the rAmAyaNa. The normalization is by number of hemistiches (dala-s) which is reasonable given their metrical similarity with anuShTubh/triShTubh dominance. When normalized the rAmAyaNa mentions
kubera 1.96 times more frequently than the mahAbhArata. kubera is most frequently mentioned in parvan 3 of mahAbhArata which houses the rAmopAkhyAna, rich in allusion to the kaubera tradition. This supports the contention that the rAmAyaNa grew within a milieu where the kubera
cult was dominant, even if its main deity is to a degree presented "via supersession" to magnify the ikShvAku heroes. In the rAmopAkhyAna that is less so.
For absolute numbers we have for mentions in hemistiches:
mahAbhArata: 294 in 224744
rAmAyaNa: 89 in 37447
Note this is the "super-mahAbhArata" i.e. the opposite of the critical edition (nothing left out from any available complete recension)

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