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The Mahabharata, Volume 3: Book 4: The Book of the Virata; Book 5: The Book of the Effort

By J. A. B. van Buitenen (Editor), J. A. B. van Buitenen (Translator)
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By J. A. B. van Buitenen (Editor), J. A. B. van Buitenen (Translator)
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The Mahabharata, an ancient and vast Sanskrit poem, is a remarkable collection of epics, legends, romances, theology, and ethical and metaphysical doctrine. The core of this great work is the epic struggle between five heroic brothers, the Pandavas, and their one hundred contentious cousins for rule of the land. This is the third volume of van Buitenen's acclaimed translation of the definitive Poona edition of the text. Book 4, The Book of Virata, begins as a burlesque, but the mood soon da...

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