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Uniform Title Mahābhārata. English.
Title The Mahābhārata / an abridged translation by John D. Smith.

Publication Info. New Delhi : Penguin, 2009.

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Location Call No. Status
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  294.5923 MAHABHARATA    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  294.5923 SMITH    Check Shelf
Description lxx, 833, [1] pages ; 21 cm.
Series Penguin classics
Penguin classics.
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.
Sanskrit literature -- Translations into English.
Mahābhārata. (OCoLC)fst01356112
Added Author Smith, John D., 1946-
Other Form: Online version: Mahābhārata. English. Mahābhārata. London ; New York : Penguin Books, 2009 (OCoLC)649245291
ISBN 9780140446814 (pbk.)
0140446818 (pbk.)
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