The Mahabharata: An English Version Based on Selected Verses

The Mahabharata: An English Version Based on Selected Verses

by Chakravarthi Narasimhan
ISBN-10:
0231110553
ISBN-13:
9780231110556
Pub. Date:
11/05/1997
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10:
0231110553
ISBN-13:
9780231110556
Pub. Date:
11/05/1997
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
The Mahabharata: An English Version Based on Selected Verses

The Mahabharata: An English Version Based on Selected Verses

by Chakravarthi Narasimhan
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Overview

Intended to be a treatise on life itself, this epic poem embraces religion and ethics, polity and government, philosophy and the pursuit of salvation. This collection of more than 4,000 verses is supplemented by a glossary, genealogical tables, and an index correlating the verses with the original Sanskrit text.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780231110556
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 11/05/1997
Series: Translations from the Asian Classics
Edition description: Revised Edition
Pages: 254
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 5.40(h) x (d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan was educated at Madras University in India and at Oxford University. From 1937 to 1956 he worked in the Indian Civil Service, and for the next twenty-two years he worked at the undersecretary-general level at the United Nations.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Revised Paperback Edition
Preface
Guide to Pronounciation
Introduction
Adi Parva (Chapters I-XIX)
Sabha Parva (XX-XXIV)
Aranyaka Parva (XXV-XXIX)
Virata Parva (XXX-XXXIV)
Udyoga Parva (XXXV-XLVII)
Bhisma Parva (XLVIII-LVIII)
Drona Parva (LIX-LXVI)
Karna Parva (LXVII-LXIX)
Salya Parva (LXX-LXXVI)
Sauptika Parva (LXXVII-LXXX)
Stri Parva (LXXXI-LXXXIII)
Santi Parva (LXXXIV)
Anusasana Parva (LXXXV)
Asvamedha Parva (LXXXVI-LXXXVII)
Asramavasika Parva (LXXXVIII-XC)
Mausala Parva (XCI-XCIII)
Mahaprasthanika Parva (XCIV-XCV)
Svarga-Arohanika Parva (XCVI-XCIX)
Genealogical Tables
Glossary
List of Alternative Names
Index of Verses on Which English Version Is Based
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