The Mahabharata / translated by Bibek Debroy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Debroy, Bibek.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Standardized Title:

Mahābhārata. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hinduism--Sacred books--Early works to 1800.

Hinduism.

Hinduism--Sacred books.

Genre:

Sacred works.

Physical Description:

10 volumes : map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi, India : Penguin Books India, 2015.

Summary:

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. The fourth volume of the Mahabharata includes Virata Parva and almost all of Udyoga Parva. It describes the Pandavas thirteenth year of exile which they spend in disguise in King Virata s court. When, during their stay, the Kouravas and Trigartas invade Matsya to rob Virata of his cattle, the Pandavas defeat them in battle. With the period of banishment over, the Pandavas ask to be returned their share of the kingdom. This is refused and Udyoga Parva recounts the preparations for the inevitable war. 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.

Contents:

V. 1. sections 1 to 15

v. 2. sections 16 to 32

v. 3. sections 33 to 44

v. 4. sections 45 to 59

v. 5. sections 60-66

v. 6. sections 67 to 72

v. 7. sections 73 to 77

v. 8. sections 78 to 86

v. 9 sections 86 to 87

v. 10 sections 87-95.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780143425144

9780143425151

9780143425168

9780143425175

9780143425182

9780143425199

9780143425205

9780143425212

9780143425229

9780143425236

OCLC:

922386024