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The Curse of Gandhari

Author : Aditi Banerjee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9387863999
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (878 download)

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Download or read book The Curse of Gandhari written by Aditi Banerjee and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gandhari, the blindfolded queen-mother of the Kauravas, sees through it all... Gandhari has one day left to live. As she stares death in the face, her memories travel back to the beginning of her story, to life's unfairness at every point: A fiercely intelligent princess who wilfully blindfolded herself for the sake of her peevish, visually-impaired husband; who underwent a horrible pregnancy to mother one hundred sons, each as unworthy as the other; whose stern tapasya never earned her a place in people's hearts, nor commanded the respect that Draupadi and Kunti attained; who even today is perceived either as an ingratiatingly self-sacrificing wife or a bad mother who was unable to control her sons and was, therefore, partly responsible for the great war of the Mahabharata... In this insightful and sensitive portrayal, Aditi Banerjee rescues Gandhari from being reduced to a mere symbol of her blindfold. She builds her up, as Ved Vyasa did, as an unconventional heroine of great strength and iron will – who, when crossed, embarked upon a complex relationship with Lord Krishna, and became the queen who cursed a God...

The Curse of Gandhari

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789388002004
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Curse of Gandhari written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Krishna and Jara

Author : SA Krishnan
Publisher : SA Krishnan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Krishna and Jara written by SA Krishnan and published by SA Krishnan. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories from the Mahabharatha

Gandhari

Author : GAYATRI MADAN DUTT
Publisher : Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd
ISBN 13 : 8189999699
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (899 download)

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Download or read book Gandhari written by GAYATRI MADAN DUTT and published by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 1971-04-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hundred sons, the sages say, are a hundred blessings. Gandhari's hundred Kaurava sons, however, were more of a curse. Did they become evil by some divine plan or was it because she was proudly blind to their faults? Helpless as they heaped dishonour on the family, she was furious with Lord Krishna for abetting in her son's eventual slaughter. Unfortunately, her grief was overpowering, and threatened to wreak further havoc...

Untold Tales from the Mahabharata

Author : Uday Shankar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9390358442
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Untold Tales from the Mahabharata written by Uday Shankar and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-18 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Which Kaurava was inspired by the birds to commit one of the most grotesque murders in the Mahabharata? Why did King Muchkund sleep for a million years and wake up in the Dwaparyug? Whose soul had entered the dice of Shakuni? Why was Gandhari married to a goat before she wed Dhritarashtra? What was the secret behind Arjun's chariot being burnt to ashes after the war? Who instigated Janmejay to burn every snake in the universe? Who was the only Kaurava to cross over to the Pandavas before the battle? An epic that never dies and still remains relevant even thousands of years later-Vyasa's Mahabharata has always captured our imagination. The saga of two feuding families, the Mahabharata, with its various twists and turns, has been a compelling read across generations, inspiring many to dig deeper into the great poem. This collection of twenty short stories brings out characters and incidents that are largely unheard of and are buried in the vastness of the epic. Capturing every emotion from valour, lust, loyalty and treachery to goodness and ethics so relevant to the world we live in, these stories help us understand the epic better by bringing out a different dimension altogether.

The Hidden Stories of Mahabharata

Author : Shan
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1636695353
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book The Hidden Stories of Mahabharata written by Shan and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-01-30 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Krishna stood alone after everybody left the burning pyre. He smiled, the all-knowing smile, at the retreating figures of Gandhari and Kunti. He had been cursed! He cannot and will not be a God of salvation in Kali Yuga. He has been made the Lord of Adharma, only to create wealth and power. Now, He could be redeemed only if the hidden secrets of Mahabharata were revealed to the world. The secrets, locked in for four millenniums, are out! To save Sri Krishna and therefore, the world!

Yuganta

Author : Irawati Karve
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
ISBN 13 : 9788125014249
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Yuganta written by Irawati Karve and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on 2006-07-19 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irawati Karve studies the humanity of the Mahabharata`s great figures, with all their virtues and their equally numerous faults. Sought out by an inquirer like her, whose view of life is secular, scientific, anthropological in the widest sense, yet appreciative of literary values, social problems of the past and present alike, and human needs and responses in her own time and in antiquity as she identifies them... Seen through her eyes the Mahabharata is more than a work which Hindus look upon as divinely inspired, and venerate. It becomes a record of complex humanity and a mirror to all the faces which we ourselves wear.

Parva

Author : Es. El Bhairappa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 860 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Parva written by Es. El Bhairappa and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It Is A Transformation Of An Ancient Legend Into A Modern Novel. In This Process, It Has Gained Rational Credibility And A Human Perspective. The Main Incident, The Bharata War, Symbolic Of The Birthpangs Of A New World-Order, Depicts A Heroic But Vain Effort To Arrest The Disintegration And Continue The Prevailing Order. It Is Viewed From The Stand Points Of The Partisan Participants And Judged With Reference To The Objective Understanding Of Krishna. Narration, Dialogue, Monologue And Comment All Are Employed For Its Presentation. Shot Through With Irony, Pity And Understanding Objectivity, The Novel Ends With The True Tragic Vision Of Faith In Life And Hope For Mankind.

Invading the Sacred

Author : Krishnan Ramaswamy
Publisher : Rupa Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Invading the Sacred written by Krishnan Ramaswamy and published by Rupa Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India, once a major civilizational and economic power that suffered centuries of decline, is now newly resurgent in business, geopolitics and culture. However, a powerful counterforce within the American academy is systematically undermining core icons and ideals of Indic culture and thought. For instance, scholars of this counterforce have disparaged the Bhagavad Gita as a dishonest book ; declared Ganesha s trunk a limpphallus ; classified Devi as the mother with apenis and Shiva as a notorious womanizer who incites violence in India.

Yajnaseni

Author : Pratibhā Rāẏa
Publisher : Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Yajnaseni written by Pratibhā Rāẏa and published by Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited. This book was released on 1995 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pratibha Ray makes a determined effort for a portrayal of the epic character and brings to the surface the broader and deeper aspects of Draupadi s mind that lay submerged in the majestic sweep of the grand Mahabharata. The novel won her the Bharatiya Jnanpith s prestigious ninth Moortidevi Award in 1993.

Woman as Fire, Woman as Sage

Author : Arti Dhand
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791479889
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Woman as Fire, Woman as Sage written by Arti Dhand and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hindu tradition has held conflicting views on womanhood from its earliest texts—holding women aloft as goddesses to be worshipped on the one hand and remaining deeply suspicious about women's sexuality on the other. In Woman as Fire, Woman as Sage, Arti Dhand examines the religious premises upon which Hindu ideas of sexuality and women are constructed. The work focuses on the great Hindu epic, the Mahābhārata, a text that not only reflects the cogitations of a momentous period in Hindu history, but also was critical in shaping the future of Hinduism. Dhand proposes that the epic's understanding of womanhood cannot be isolated from the broader religious questions that were debated at the time, and that the formation of a sexual ideology is one element in crafting a coherent religious framework for Hinduism.

Winds Of Hastinapur

Author : Sharath Komarraju
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9351160882
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Winds Of Hastinapur written by Sharath Komarraju and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'In a few moons the Goddess will claim me, and I do not have a fresh young virgin by my side to absorb my knowledge and take my place once I am gone. The Mysteries of Ganga and her Sight will vanish with me.' 'My hair is white and thin, now. In a few moons, the Goddess will claim me, and I do not have a fresh young virgin by my side to absorb my knowledge and take my place once I am gone. The Mysteries of Ganga and her Sight will vanish with me, and the Great River will become nothing more than a body of lifeless water ... It is my intention, therefore, to tell you the story as it happened, as I saw it happen.' The Mahabharata is the story of women, even though men have focused far too much on the Great Battle. It is women who have set events in motion, guided the action and measured the men. The Winds of Hastinapur begins at the point that Ganga was cursed and sent to Earth. She lives among the mortals and bears Shantanu, the King of Hastinapur, seven children, all of whom she kills. With the eighth, she leaves. That boy, who returns to Earth, will prove to be the key to the future of Hastinapur.The story, as told through the lives of his mother Ganga and stepmother Satyavati, is violent, fraught with conflict and touched with magic. A lady of the river who has no virgin daughter to carry on her legacy, Celestials who partake of a mysterious lake they guard with their very lives, sages overcome by lust, a randy fisher-princess - these and other characters lend a startling new dimension to a familiar tale. SharathKomarraju does not so much retell the epic as rewrite it

Shakuni

Author : Ashutosh Nadkar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789353450298
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Shakuni written by Ashutosh Nadkar and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Noble Fool

Author : Florence Everard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book A Noble Fool written by Florence Everard and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Secret of God's Son

Author : Usha Narayanan
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9386057174
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book The Secret of God's Son written by Usha Narayanan and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-06-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seas will devour the glorious city of Dwarka. People will forget your name and your Gita! May the world perish! May the world perish!' With this cruel curse on Krishna, Queen Gandhari, plunges mankind into the unspeakable evil of the Kali Yuga. It is up to Pradyumna to try and reverse the dire prediction. To journey into terrifying realms, confront Yama and Shiva, and to vanquish the Kali demon. And to do so, he must shed all that holds a mortal back-his arrogance, his fears, his baser instincts . . . He must lead his people out of the swirling vortex of greed, disease and misery. And there is one powerful weapon still-the secret surrounding his origin. Will he uncover it in time to fight off the cataclysm? In the answer lies the destiny of all humanity!

The Mahabharata

Author : R. K. Narayan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022605747X
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Mahabharata written by R. K. Narayan and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-02-12 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Narayan makes this treasury of Indian folklore and mythology readily accessible to the general reader . . . he captures the spirit of the narrative.”—Library Journal The Mahabharata tells a story of such violence and tragedy that many people in India refuse to keep the full text in their homes, fearing that doing so would invite a disastrous fate upon their house. Covering everything from creation to destruction, this ancient poem remains an indelible part of Hindu culture and a landmark in ancient literature. Centuries of listeners and readers have been drawn to The Mahabharata, which began as disparate oral ballads and grew into a sprawling epic. The modern version is famously long, and at more than 1.8 million words—seven times the combined lengths of the Iliad and Odyssey—it can be incredibly daunting. But contemporary readers have a much more accessible entry point to this important work, thanks to R. K. Narayan’s masterful, elegant translation and abridgement of the poem. Now with a new foreword by Wendy Doniger, as well as a concise character and place guide and a family tree, The Mahabharata is ready for a new generation of readers. Narayan ably distills a tale that is both traditional and constantly changing. He draws from both scholarly analysis and creative interpretation and vividly fuses the spiritual with the secular. Through this balance he has produced a translation that is not only clear, but graceful, one that stands as its own story as much as an adaptation of a larger work.

Buddhist Encounters and Identities Across East Asia

Author : Ann Heirman
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004366156
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Buddhist Encounters and Identities Across East Asia written by Ann Heirman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-05-07 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhist Encounters and Identities across East Asia offers a fascinating picture of the intricacies of regional and cross-regional networks and the complexity of Buddhist identities emerging across Asia.