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Author :Johannes Adrianus Bernardus Buitenen Publisher :University of Chicago Press ISBN 13 :0226846636 Total Pages :546 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (268 download)
Book Synopsis The Mahabharata, Volume 1 by : Johannes Adrianus Bernardus Buitenen
Download or read book The Mahabharata, Volume 1 written by Johannes Adrianus Bernardus Buitenen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sanskrit classical epic translated into English.
Download or read book The Mahabharata written by and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2010 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mahabharata is one of the greatest stories ever told. Though the basic plot is widely known, there is much more to the epic than the dispute between Kouravas and Pandavas that led to the battle in Kurukshetra. It has innumerable sub-plots that accommodate fascinating meanderings and digressions, and it has rarely been translated in full, given its formidable length of 80,000 shlokas or couplets. This magnificent 10- volume unabridged translation of the epic is based on the Critical Edition compiled at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. The fourth volume of the Mahabharata includes Virata Parva and almost all of Udyoga Parva. It describes the Pandavas thirteenth year of exile which they spend in disguise in King Virata s court. When, during their stay, the Kouravas and Trigartas invade Matsya to rob Virata of his cattle, the Pandavas defeat them in battle. With the period of banishment over, the Pandavas ask to be returned their share of the kingdom. This is refused and Udyoga Parva recounts the preparations for the inevitable war. Every conceivable human emotion figures in the Mahabharata, the reason why the epic continues to hold sway over our imagination. In this lucid, nuanced and confident translation, Bibek Debroy makes the Mahabharata marvellously accessible to contemporary readers.
Download or read book The Mahabharata written by John D. Smith and published by Penguin Classics. This book was released on 2009-07-28 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.
Book Synopsis Religious Doctrines in the Mahābhārata by : Nicholas Sutton
Download or read book Religious Doctrines in the Mahābhārata written by Nicholas Sutton and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: exhorting his audience to shed their delusions, pretensions and empty
Download or read book The Mahabharata written by and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 1898 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An English Abridgment With Introduction, Notes And A Review.
Book Synopsis Nonviolence in the Mahabharata by : Alf Hiltebeitel
Download or read book Nonviolence in the Mahabharata written by Alf Hiltebeitel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Indian mythological texts like the Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa, there are recurrent tales about gleaners. The practice of "gleaning" in India had more to do with the house-less forest life than with residential village or urban life or with gathering residual post-harvest grains from cultivated fields. Gleaning can be seen a metaphor for the Mahābhārata poets’ art: an art that could have included their manner of gleaning what they made the leftovers (what they found useful) from many preexistent texts into Vyāsa’s “entire thought”—including oral texts and possibly written ones, such as philosophical debates and stories. This book explores the notion of non-violence in the epic Mahābhārata. In examining gleaning as an ecological and spiritual philosophy nurtured as much by hospitality codes as by eating practices, the author analyses the merits and limitations of the 9th century Kashmiri aesthetician Anandavardhana that the dominant aesthetic sentiment or rasa of the Mahābhārata is shanta (peace). Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent reading of the Mahabharata via the Bhagavad Gita are also studied. This book by one of the leaders in Mahābhārata studies is of interest to scholars of South Asian Literary Studies, Religious Studies as well as Peace Studies, South Asian Anthropology and History.
Book Synopsis In Dialogue with the Mahābhārata by : Brian Black
Download or read book In Dialogue with the Mahābhārata written by Brian Black and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mahābhārata has been explored extensively as a work of mythology, epic poetry, and religious literature, but the text’s philosophical dimensions have largely been under-appreciated by Western scholars. This book explores the philosophical implications of the Mahābhārata by paying attention to the centrality of dialogue, both as the text’s prevailing literary expression and its organising structure. Focusing on five sets of dialogues about controversial moral problems in the central story, this book shows that philosophical deliberation is an integral part of the narrative. Black argues that by paying attention to how characters make arguments and how dialogues unfold, we can better appreciate the Mahābhārata’s philosophical significance and its potential contribution to debates in comparative philosophy today. This is a fresh perspective on the Mahābhārata that will be of great interest to any scholar working in religious studies, Indian/South Asian religions, comparative philosophy, and world literature.
Book Synopsis Kṛṣṇa Ḍvaipāyana Vyāsa and the Mahābhārata by : Bruce M. Sullivan
Download or read book Kṛṣṇa Ḍvaipāyana Vyāsa and the Mahābhārata written by Bruce M. Sullivan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1990 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authorship of the great Sanskrit language epic poem of India, the Mahābhārata, is attributed to the sage Kṛsṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa. This study focuses on the depiction of Vyāsa in the Mahābhārata, where he is an important character in the tale he is credited with composing. Other scholars have interpreted Vyāsa as an incarnation of Nārāyana Visṇu. This study, however, demonstrates that he is so depicted only very rarely in the epic, and that elsewhere the Mahābhārata portrays Vyāsa as corresponding meaningfully with Brahmā. Vyāsa is, in fact, the earthly counterpart to Brahmā in the Mahābhārata, as Kṛsṇa is of Visṇu, etc. The interpretation of Vyāsa is enriched by the different perspectives provided by other literature, including dramas, Jātaka tales, Arthasāstra, and Purāṇas.
Book Synopsis The Bhagavadgita in the Mahabharata by :
Download or read book The Bhagavadgita in the Mahabharata written by and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-07-26 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No other Sanskrit work approaches the Bhagavadgita in the influence it has exerted in the West. Philosophers such as Emerson and the other New England Transcendentalists were deeply affected by its insights, a dozen or more scholars, including Annie Besant and Mahatma Gandhi, have attempted its translation, and thousands of individuals struggling with the problems divided loyalties have found comfort and wisdom in its pages. The Bhagavadgita ("Song of the Lord") tells of the young and virtuous Prince Arjuna who is driven to lead his forces into battle against an opposing army composed of close relatives and others whom he loves. The Lord Krsna, appearing in the poem as Arjuna's friend and charioteer, persuades him that he must do battle, and we see Arjuna changing from revulsion at the thought of killing members of his family to resignation and awareness of duty, to manly acceptance of his role as warrior and defender of his kingdom. The Bhagavadgita is a self-contained episode in the Mahabharata, a vast collection of epics, legends, romances, theology, and metaphysical doctrine that reflects the history and culture of the whole of Hindu civilization. The present edition forms a part of J. A. B. van Buitenen's widely acclaimed translation of this great work. Here English and Sanskrit are printed on facing pages, enabling those with some knowledge of Sanskrit to appreciate van Buitenen's accurate rendering of the intimate, familial tone and directness of the original poem.
Book Synopsis The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa by : Rāya
Download or read book The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa written by Rāya and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ramopakhyana - The Story of Rama in the Mahabharata by : Peter Scharf
Download or read book Ramopakhyana - The Story of Rama in the Mahabharata written by Peter Scharf and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most popular story in all of India and a classic of world literature is summarised in 728 verses in the great epic Mahabharata. Intended for independent study or classroom use for students of various levels who have had a basic introduction to Sanskrit, this fully annotated edition of the Ramopakhyana supplies all the information required for complete comprehension. It contains the Devanagari text, Roman transliteration, sandhi analysis, Sanskrit prose equivalents to the verses, syntactic and cultural notes, and the English translation, and word-by-word grammatical analysis.
Book Synopsis On the Meaning of the Mahabharata by : Vishnu Sitaram Sukthankar
Download or read book On the Meaning of the Mahabharata written by Vishnu Sitaram Sukthankar and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was in 1942 that the late Dr. V.S. Sukthankar was engaged to deliver four lectures on the 'Meaning of the Mahabharata' under the auspices of the University of Bombay. However, the fourth and last lecture was not delivered on account of his sad sudden demise on the morning of the day fixed for it. The Manuscript (Ms.) of these lectures-a veritable treasure to cherish had remained lost to the world of scholars for the long period of fifteen years. It bore the title "Four Lectures on the Meaning of the Mahabharata." This rather heavy-looking title has been abridged here in publication into the substantial title "On the Meaning of the Mahabharata." In a great many places, sentences or paragraphs have been placed in rectangular brackets in pencil. This bracketed material has been retained in the body of this book. Secondly, an alternative word or phrase is occasionally found written with a pencil in the margin along with an underscoring of the relevant word or words in the text. It is thought advisable to retain the text of the script as it stands, leaving such marginal alternatives alone. However, there is one exception: Dr. Sukthankar had rewritten in pencil almost a whole para at the end of the third lecture. This pencil-script is incorporated in the body of the book. A facsimile of this page is reproduced as the frontispiece. An English rendering of the German quotation from OLDENBURG is given in an Appendix for the convenience of the general reader. In Index, I Sanskrit quotations are printed in Devanagari for the benefit of those not quite conversant with the transliteration.
Book Synopsis Memorable Characters from the Rāmāyaṇa and the Mahābhārata by : Chandra Mauli Mani
Download or read book Memorable Characters from the Rāmāyaṇa and the Mahābhārata written by Chandra Mauli Mani and published by Northern Book Centre. This book was released on 2009 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book entitled Memorable Characters from The Ramayana and The Mahabharata by Chandra Mauli Mani highlights the excellent qualities of head and heart of the characters in the great epics and their achievements which have universal appeal. Apart from being useful for the general reader, it has something to offer to the discerning reader.
Book Synopsis The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated Into English Prose: Anuçasana parva (1893) by :
Download or read book The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated Into English Prose: Anuçasana parva (1893) written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis “The” Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated Into English Prose by :
Download or read book “The” Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated Into English Prose written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa by :
Download or read book The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Miscellaneous Extracts, Metrically and Freely Translated Or Paraphrased, from the Mahābhārata by : John Muir
Download or read book Miscellaneous Extracts, Metrically and Freely Translated Or Paraphrased, from the Mahābhārata written by John Muir and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
