Arjuna and the hunter / Bhāravi ; edited and translated by Indira Viswanathan Peterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bhāravi, author.

Contributor:

Peterson, Indira Viswanathan, 1950- editor, translator.

Series:

Murty classical library of India ; 9.

Murty classical library of India ; 9

Language:

English

Sanskrit

Physical Description:

xlvi, 430 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit and English ; translated from the Sanskrit.

Contents:

1 Queen Draupadi Calls for Action 1

2 Yudhishthira and Bhima Debate Policy 19

3 Vyasa's Counsel 39

4 Autumn Landscape 61

5 The Magnificent Himalaya 75

6 Arjuna's Asceticism 97

7 The Journey of the Apsarases and Gandharvas 115

8 Playing in the Woods and the River Ganga 135

9 The Lovemaking of the Apsarases and Gandharvas 155

10 A Failed Seduction 181

11 Indra Tests Arjuna 205

12 Shiva's Noble Plan 229

13 The Boar's Attack and the Hunter's Claim 249

14 Arjuna Defeats Shiva's Army of Spirits 273

15 Arjuna's Combat with Shiva 297

16 A Contest with Supernatural Weapons 317

17 The Loss of Arjuna's Weapons 339

18 Wrestling Match, Theophany, and Boon 361.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Contains: Kirātārjunīya.

Contains: Kirātārjunīya. English.

ISBN:

9780674504967

0674504968

OCLC:

906121697