
[Mahabharata 08] • Mahabharata Vol. 7
Debroy, Bibek
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.
It is the aftermath of the war in Volume 8. Ashvatthama kills all the remaining
Pandavas—with the exception of the five Pandava brothers—and
Panchalas. The funeral ceremonies for the dead warriors are performed.
Bhishma’s teachings in the Shanti Parva, after Yudhishthira is crowned, is
about duties to be followed under different circumstances.
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.
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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.
It is the aftermath of the war in Volume 8. Ashvatthama kills all the remaining
Pandavas—with the exception of the five Pandava brothers—and
Panchalas. The funeral ceremonies for the dead warriors are performed.
Bhishma’s teachings in the Shanti Parva, after Yudhishthira is crowned, is
about duties to be followed under different circumstances.
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.
words : 213394
Auszeichnung : goodread searched
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BooksYear:
2013
Publisher:
Penguin India
Language:
english
ISBN 10:
0143100203
ISBN 13:
9780143100201
ISBN, ASIN, ISSN:
B00ECVA1UW
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EPUB, 931 KB
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english, 2013