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Overview
Few works in world literature have inspired so vast an audience in nations with radically different languages and cultures as the Mahabharata. Written some 2,000 years ago and probably the longest Indian epic ever composed, it is a story of dynastic struggle that culminates in a fatal clash between two branches of a single ruling family. It is a moral and philosophical tale as well as a historical one. In his introduction, Sanskritist B. A. van Nooten notes that apart from William Buck’s rendition no other English version has been able to capture the blend of religion and martial spirit that pervades the original epic.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780520305588 |
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Publisher: | University of California Press |
Publication date: | 05/07/2019 |
Edition description: | First Edition |
Pages: | 320 |
Sales rank: | 399,400 |
Product dimensions: | 5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
William Buck (1933-1970) was a Sanskritist, devoting his life's work to modern retellings of the Ramayana, Mahabharata, and the unfinished Harivamsa.
Table of Contents
Publisher’s Preface Introduction PART I. IN THE BEGINNING 1. A Mine of Jewels and Gems 2. The Ring and the Well 3. Fire and Flame 4. Indraprastha 5. The Falling Sand PART II. IN THE MIDDLE 6. Nala and Damayanti 7. The Th ousand-Petaled Lotus 8. An Iron Net 9. Virata 10. The Invasion 11. Do Not Tell 12. Sanjaya Returns 13. Trees of Gold 14. The Enchanted Lake 15. The Night PART III. IN THE END 16. The Blade of Grass 17. The Lonely Encounter 18. Parikshita 19. The Timeless Path 20. The City of Gates Notes Reference List of CharactersCustomer Reviews
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