Description |
lxx, 833, [1] pages ; 21 cm. |
Series |
Penguin classics |
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Penguin classics.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Language |
Text in English and Sanskrit. |
Contents |
Beginnings -- The hall -- The forest -- Virata -- Perseverance -- Bhisma -- Drona -- Karna -- Salya -- The night-raid -- The women -- Tranquility -- Instruction -- The horse sacrifice -- The hermitage -- The clubs -- The great journey -- The ascent to heaven. |
Summary |
"A new selection from the national epic of India. Originally composed in Sanskrit sometime between 400 BC and 400 AD, The Mahabharata--with one hundred thousand stanzas of verse--is one of the longest poems in existence. At the heart of the saga is a conflict between two branches of a royal family whose feud culminates in a titanic eighteen-day battle. Exploring such timeless subjects as dharma (duty), artha (purpose), and kama (pleasure) in a mythic world of warfare, magic, and beauty, this is a magnificent and legendary Hindu text of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent."--Publisher's description. |
Subject |
Mahābhārata -- Abridgments.
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Sanskrit literature -- Translations into English.
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Mahābhārata. (OCoLC)fst01356112
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Added Author |
Smith, John D., 1946-
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Other Form: |
Online version: Mahābhārata. English. Mahābhārata. London ; New York : Penguin Books, 2009 (OCoLC)649245291 |
ISBN |
9780140446814 (pbk.) |
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0140446818 (pbk.) |
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