Mahabharata / Buck/van Nooten; ed. by William Buck, B.A. van Nooten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buck/van Nooten, Author.

Contributor:

Buck, William, Editor.

Nooten, B.A. van, Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Publishers 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 Thousand-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 Characters

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)

ISBN:

0-520-35199-1

OCLC:

1408682533