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C. Rajagopalachari |
Mahabharata (Paperback) |
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| Centuries ago, it was proclaimed of the Mahabharata: "What is not in it, is nowhere." But even now, we can use the same words about it. He who knows it not, knows not the heights and depths of the soul; he misses the trials and tragedy and the beauty and grandeur of life. More details:
The Mahabharata is not a mere epic; it is a romance, telling the tale of heroic men and women, and of some who were divine; it is a whole literature in itself, containing a code of life, a philosophy of social... |
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Kisari Mohan Ganguly |
The Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa (4 Vols.) (Soft Cover) |
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| This is a smaller print edition of 'The Mahabharata', complete and unabridged. In the world of classical literature The Mahabharata is unique in many respects. It is the mightiest single endeavor of literary creation of any culture in human history. An 11 lb. edition of the gargantuan epic which is said to contain the solutions to all the problems of human life. A treasure-house of Indian spirituality with jaw-dropping adventures galore, this is a true classic of world literature.
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Ramesh Menon |
Bhagavata Purana |
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| Even after he has composed the awesome Mahabharata, the Maharishi Vyasa finds no peace. Narada Muni says to him, 'Ordinary men will be delighted by your work, but what about the sages of heaven and earth? Can swans that swim upon the Manasa Sarovara be delighted by the lakes of Bharatavarsha? You have described the human life, its strife and its ends, but you have not yet described the Lord himself. You must turn your great gift to that task; only then will you find peace.' Veda Vyasa composes... |
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William Buck |
Mahabharata |
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| Few works in world literature have inspired so vast an audience, in nations with radically different languages and cultures, as the Ramayana and Mahabharata, two Sanskrit verse epics written some 2,000 years ago.
In Ramayana (written by a poet known to us as Valmiki), William Buck has retold the story of Prince Rama-with all its nobility of spirit, courtly intrigue, heroic renunciation, fierce battles, and triumph of good over evil-in a length and manner that will make the great Indian epics... |
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Kisari Mohan Ganguly |
The Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa (12 Vols.) (Hard Cover) |
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| The Mahabharata in its present form is equal to about eight times as much as the Illiad and Odyssey put together. The nucleus of the Mahabharata is the great war of eighteen days fought between the Kauravas, the hundred sons of Dhritarashtra and Pandavas, the five sons of Pandu.The epic entails all the circumstances leading upto the war. In this great Kurukshetra battle were involved almost all the kings of India joining either of the two parties. The result of this war was the total... |
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Meera Uberoi |
The Mahabharata |
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| A modern retelling of an ancient tale of power, love, duty and revenge.To Indians, the Mahabharata is not merely a story of the power struggle between princes divided on the issue of inheritance. It is representative of human nature and of life itself, for woven into the elaborate narrative of a heroic tale are writings on ethics, law, philosophy, history, geography, statecraft and religion. Meera Uberoi has retold this epic tale of love and hatred, joy and sorrow, pride and endurance, with... |
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Swami Satyeswarananda Vidyaratna Maharaj |
The Epic Series of the Sanskrit Classics (6 Vol.) |
$359.95 $251.97 |
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| The Mahabharata (Stories of the Great Epic with Spiritual Commentaries in the Light of Kriya Pranayam)
This is a six volume series of the following:
Gita and Sangita
The Eternal Silence: Synthesis of all Dharma Paths
Original Kriya
The Chandi: Stories and Commentaries
The Mahabharta: Spiritual Characters and the Bhagavad Gita
Essence of Kriya
India's greatest Epic contains the holy book the Bhagavad Gita, which besides being a literary classic, is a supreme... |
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Satya P. Agarwal |
World Peace Agenda: Based on Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata |
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| This book presents Shanti-Parva's peace-messages for consideration by UN, UNESCO, governments, religious leaders, and by everyone else, with the hope that plenty of purposeful discussion (with an open mind) will be held, to arrive at new proposals which can help bring world peace within the reach of humankind in the twenty-first century. Readers will discover that the peace-promoting messages of Shanti-Parva (when suitably interpreted) have universal appeal even today.
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M. Padmanabhan |
Tales of Krishna from Mahabharatha |
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| No information currently available on this title. If you should own this book, we would be very pleased if you would offer a review. Author: M. Padmanabhan/ Meera Ravi Shankar Subject: Hinduism/Stories |
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M.N.Dutt |
Mahabharata (9 Vols.) |
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| The Mahabharata is a curious mixture of history and mythology, though the former aspect is the subject of grave doubts in the minds of the professional historians. This is called the fifth Veda and it is universally acknowledged to be of pre-eminent importance. It extols its greatness itself in the following words: Yad ihasti tad anyatra yan nehasti na tat kvacit (Whatever is here is also elsewhere; whatever is not here is extant nowhere). It contains not only the celebrated Gita but also a... |
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William Buck |
Mahabharata |
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| The Mahabharata is an Indian epic, in its original Sanskrit probably the largest ever composed. It is the story of a dynastic struggle that provides a social, moral, and cosmological background to the climatic battle.
The present English rendition is a retelling based on a translation of the Sanskrit original published by Pratap Chandra Roy, Published in the beginning of this century. William buck has condensed the story. The old translation from which he worked covers 5800 pages of print,... |
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Swami Sivananda |
The Essence of Bhakti yoga |
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| The Essence of Bhakti Yoga coming as it does from the inspired pen of Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj is, therefore, a rare opportunity for the reading public and the surest guide for the Bhakti Yogi aspirant. It unfolds in the simplest language the secrets of the emotions of "Bhakti" or "Divine Love". It analyses the whole psychology of Bhakti and explains the significance of every element of it. It gives ample guidance in the difficult art of building those elements which constitute the... |
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S. Sorensen |
An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata |
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| This unique work is the result of a sustained and patient endeavour of Professor S. Sorensen, for over two decades. It records almost all the available names of persons, places and episodes that occur in the Mahabharata.
The details of the exploits and episodes pertaining to particular persons are given as a summary with references to the exact location in the text. Summaries of Parvans, minor Parvans, Upakhyanas - like Anusasanika, Moksadharma, Narayaniya, Nalopakhyana etc.... |
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Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan |
The Mahabharata (Narasimhan) |
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| The Mahabharata is the longest, and arguably one of the greatest, epic poems in any language. Intended to be a treatise on life itself, it embraces religion and ethics, polity and government, philosophy and the pursuit of salvation. With its central theme of universal destruction and the evils of war, the epic poem reveals not the exploits of heroes but the lives of ordinary people in search of the most fundamental of human desires: peace and reconciliation.
This collection of more than 4,000... |
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Maggi Lidchi-Grassi |
The Battle of Kurukshetra |
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| The first volume in the author's trilogy version of the Mahabharata, this novel is a subjective interpretation and retelling of the events leading to the great battle of Kurukshetra, the dramatic and psychological centrepiece of India's monumental epic. Using first person narratives, the story is told in turns by Ashwatthama and Arjuna, who come to stand on opposite sides of the battlefield, but whose interwoven lives and shared history bring an intense existential focus to the lines of war... |
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Arvind Sharma |
Essays on the Mahabharata |
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| This book is a classic study of a monumental work, the Mahabharata, perhaps the largest epic in world literature. It is an epic study of the epic on account of the voluminous size it has itself attained, the kaleidoscopic variety of the themes it covers, the great diversity of approaches it canvesses, the wide array of contributions it includes and the high standard of scholarship it achieves.
The essays of this book are on survey and discussion of manuscripts used in the... |
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Amalesh Bhattacharya |
The Lore of Mahabharata |
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| The story of the Mahabharata is presented here through the interpretation of its lore, the traditions and knowledge of Bharata, its people, and its culture.
Seeking to explain this epic confrontation between dharma and adharma through the inner motivating forces and natures of its main characters, the author explores symbols, such the blindness of Dhritarashtra, interprets behaviour, such as Yudhishthira’s calm in the face of disaster, and analyses political events in the... |
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Maggi Lidchi-Grassi |
The Legs of the Tortoise |
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| This second volume in the Mahabharata trilogy resumes the story from the moment of Arjuna's anguish prior to the start of the battle of Kurukshetra and follows his evolution during the course of the epic battle, to Indraprastha after the war, and through the Ashwamedha campaign. The sentiments and conflicts of the main protagonists as developed in the novel are based on encounters, incidents and speeches from Veda-Vyasa's Mahabharata, but the author's treatment of the story has been greatly... |
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Maggi Lidchi-Grassi |
The Great Golden Sacrifice of the Mahabharata |
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| In this third volume of her trilogy, as in the previous two, it is through Arjuna's experiences that the author develops the central themes of her interpretation of the Mahabharata: Surrender Sacrifice. Arjuna the great warrior, the beloved friend of Krishna, the favoured disciple of Drona, the best-loved of Draupadi, Arjuna the epic hero is revealed also to the reader as Arjuna the man. We follow him through all the events of this final part of the story as he comes at last to... |
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Shyam Sunder Shastri |
Tiny Tot Spiritual pack ( The Ramayana & The Mahabharat) |
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| The Great Ramayana is one of the two great epics of Ancient India, the other being the Mahabharata. As the name suggests, the Ramayana is the life-story of Rama and it was originally written in Sanskrit by Maharishi Valmiki. However, it was the saint-poet Tulsidas who wrote the story of Rama in Hindi and in poetic form and made Ramayana a household name in every Hindu family in India. His book is called Ramcharitmanas. The Great Mahabharata has been an integral part of India culture... |
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Vaman Shivram Apte |
The Student's Sanskrit-English Dictionary |
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| The present Dictionary is designed to meet the long-felt need of the English knowing reader, who is interested in the study of classical as well as modern Sanskrit. It covers a very large field - Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata, Puranas and Upapuranas, Smrti and Niti literature, Darsanas or Systems of Philosophy, such as Nyaya, Vedanta, Mimamsa, Sankhya and Yoga, Grammar, Rhetoric, Poetry in all its branches, Dramatic and Narrative literature, Mathematics, Medicine, Botany,... |
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E. Washburn Hopkins |
The Great Epic of India |
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| Long age when this book first appeared in the opening year of the century the great Epic, Mahabharata had not been thoroughly examined to see what literature it reflected had not received a careful investigation from the metrical side its philosophy had been reviewed only in a most haphazard fashion and its relation to other epic poetry had been almost judgment on the question of the date and origin of the poem of which scholars knew as yet this poem of which scholars knew as yet scarcely more... |
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Swami Sivananda |
Stories from the Mahabharata |
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| This epic is held in great reverence and esteem by the millions of Hindus and is generally known as the fifth Veda, for it contains the Gita, acknowledgment of a belief in which as the Scripture is the hallmark of every true Hindu. For thousands of years and even today, the Hindu prefaces his worship, his ceremonies and his celebrations with the announcement that he is a dweller in the land of Bharatavarsha and Bharatakhanda.
The epic contains the life history of the Bharatas, for more than... |
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C.N. Burchett |
Ancient Indian Tales |
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| Readers will find selections from the Mahabharata, Ramayana, Puranas,
Subandhu's Vasavadatta, bana's kadambari and Harshacharita, not to mention
Dandin's Tales of Ten Princes (Dasakumaracharita), and finally the work of the
eleventh century Kashmiri poet, Soma Deva's- The Ocean of Streams of Story
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Ajay Mitra Shastri |
Mahabharata |
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| The Mahabharata War was, or thought to be, such a momentous event as to leave an indelible impact on the life and culture of not only the Indian subcontinent but on all the other countries where Indians migrated in strength and lived for some time. There were several important personages in India and abroad named after the Mahabharata characters and places in far-flung areas are found christened after them. The Mahabharata is still being lived by Indians and by those imbibing Indian culture... |
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T.S. Rukmani |
Mahabharata: What is not here is nowhere else |
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| The Mahabharata is an Itihasa which holds fascination for scholars of different disciplines. There is material here, in this vast text, for anthropologists, sociologists, philosophers, scholars of religious studies, astrophysicists and many more. While earlier scholarship has mainly been in the fields of religion and philosophy and in the dating of the Itihasa, since the publication of the critical edition, scholars have been engaged in researching its contents both critically and comparatively... |
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Mohana Gupta |
Mahabharta Ka Kalnirnya |
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kireet Joshi |
Nala and Damayanti |
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| This ancient story by the poet-Rishi Vyasa in the Mahabharata recounts how heroism guided by wisdom enabled two human beings, crushed by adverse circumstances, to emerge victorious from a terrible ordeal.
Introduction, text and notes. |
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R. Y. Deshpande |
The Ancient Tale of Savitri |
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| The legend of Savitri and Satyavan as recounted in the great Indian epic "The Mahabharata".
This tale is the basis of the epic poem by Sri Aurobindo, Savitri.
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Shri K. L. Verma |
Mahabharata |
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| Based on the original Sanskrit text, the present volume is an addition to the existing series of jewels brought out by us. It traces the regular history of the Kuruvansha from king Shantanu to the Great Battle of Mahaabhaarata with all its ups and downs. The learned author has retold and edited this greatest epic of the world in an interesting style using very easy language. The illustrations by Shri K.L. Verma have enhanced its beauty many times indeed. |
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Sadashiv Ambadas Dange |
Myths from the Mahabharata : Vol. 3: Probe in Early Dim History and Folklore |
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| The book forms the third and final part of the plan of studying the Mahabharata, from a different point of view,
Vol. 1 being – Myths from the Mahabharata – Quest for Immortality
Vol. 2 being – Myths from the Mahabharata – Study in Patterns and Symbols.
In this volume are unearthed through myths come iti-ha-asa records, which shed light on the facts and incidents of the hoary past, as yet shrouded in mystery. The iti-ha-asa records through myths, such as those gathered round the sage... |
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Meera Uberoi |
The Mahabharata |
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| To Indians, the Mahabharata is not merely a story of the power struggle between princes divided on the issue of inheritance. It is representative of human nature and of life itself, for woven into the elaborate narrative of a heroic tale are writings on ethics, law, philosophy, history, geography, statecraft and religion.
Meera Uberoi has retold this epic tale of love and hatred, joy and sorrow, pride and endurance, with great lucidity. Heroes and villains, kings and queens all come alive... |
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Dr. B.R. Kishore |
Mahabharata |
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P.G. Lalye |
Curses and Boons in the Valmiki Ramayana |
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| The two epics ?the Ramayana and the Mahabharata have been studied in India and other countries from various angles. But the systematic study of curses and boons in Ramayana is, I think, done for the first time in Marathui by the learned author Prof. S.R. Bhide. He has carried on the studies in the classical Sanskrit epic-epics of growth-on a very large canvas. His books on the characters having mysterious birth and the suicide in the Ramayan have already attained a great name in Marathi... |
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Narendra K. Sinha |
The Story of Rama |
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| In this book, the story of Rama has been told explicably and vividly in
fictional style. It is a mythological novel written in autobiographical mode.
The primary source of inspiration has been the Ramayana of Valmiki composed in
Sanskrit in the 5th century BC, which goes into twenty-four thousand couplets in
the present form. Having been transformed form epic poetry into fictional prose,
the novel, written in a simple lucid style, provides an exhaustive account of
the great epic... |
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C.V. Narasimhan |
The Mahabharata: An English Version Based on Selected Verses |
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| It is the longest and, in some ways, the greatest epic poem in any language. Intended to be a treatise on life itself, it embraces religion and ethics, polity and government, philosophy and the pursuit of salvation. The shortest recension of the Sanskrit version consists of some 88,000 verses. The main narrative, however, is the story of the rivalry between the cousins, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, which culminates in the great battle of Kuruksetra. Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan here introduces... |
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Lata Jagtiani |
Bhagavad Gita in 365 days |
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| Bhagavad Gita in 365 days is a brief and simplified account of the dialogue between a despondent Arjuna and the clear headed sagacious lord Krishna. It extracts the essence of the Gita in an undoubting and user friendly format. With skill Lata Jagtiani has condensed the verses while retaining the philosophical essence of the Gita. It is a pocket size book handy for travelers. It requires a read of only a minute a day time that even the busiest amongst us can spare for a life of peace. A... |
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Bibek Debroy |
Sarama and Her Children : The Dog in Indian Myth |
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| The most recognized dog in Indian myth is the dog in the Mahabharata that accompanied the Pandavas—not actually a dog but Dharma in disguise. There are, however, several more references to dogs in the classical texts. Mentioned for the first time in the Rig Veda, the eponymous Sarama is the dog of the gods and the ancestor of all dogs. In Sarama and Her Children, the evolution of the Indian attitude towards dogs is traced through the vedas, epics, puranas, dharmashastras and niti shastras. The... |
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Tapasi De |
Bheema |
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| The story of little Bheema is a part of the great Indian epic, Mahabharata. He was the second among the Pandava brothers, and the strongest of all! The story of Bheema is full of captivating incidents, sometimes evoking laughter and sometimes astonishment. |
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Bharat Bhushan Gupta |
India Through the Ages |
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| India through the ages is a book that takes the reader on an unforgettable journey, exploring a fascinating country. The book brings India's growth from an ancient to a modern, strong democracy in a vivid and detailed manner.
It introduces readers to a panoramic view of her history and civilization. It presents the saga of her sages and scientists, warriors and vagabonds, poets and philosophers, who at various periods in time scripted the destiny of the Indian subcontinent. It enables... |
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Tr. W.J. Johnson |
Mahabharata (Book 3, The Forest Vol. 4) |
$64.49 $45.14 |
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| The Forest" is Book Three of the Maha·bhárata, "The Great Book of India." This final quarter of the account of the Pándavas' twelve-year exile in the forest contains four stirring stories that are among the best known in Indian literature. From a hero overcoming great odds, to a virtuous wife who rescues her family, and Indra tricking Karna, and Yudhi·shthira's victory in the verbal contest with the tree spirit, these stories speak to common human concerns across cultures and centuries. |
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Justin Meiland |
Mahabharata Book 9, Shalya Vol. 1 |
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| The Book of Shalya recounts in gory detail the final destruction of the Kurava army and the defeat of its leader, Durydhana. The texts reflect the vibrant literary culture of the classical Sanskrit period, taking readers on an adventurous journey through the palaces and gardens of ancient India. |
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Devendra Handa |
An Epic Pilrimage |
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| This book is the first comprehensive account of Pehowa, one of the oldest and most sacred place (tirtha), located on the banks of the illustrious Rigvedic river Saraswati, in the Kurukshetra region. It is believed that Yudhisthira performed the obsequies of all those who died in the great war of Mahabharata, here. After giving the geographical and archaeological background and the historical survey of region, the book presents an account of the different places of pilgrimage- tirthas, asramas,... |
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Kamala Subramanian |
Mahabharata |
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| It is a masterly condensation of India's great epic capturing with dramatic intensity the movement of the story. As the episodes unfold in author's vivid narrative, one seems to hear Draupadi's wail of distress, Duryodhana's arrogant laughter, and even the twang of Arjuna's bow, the Gandiva.
About the Author:
Born in 1916 in Bangalore, Kamala's father was the eminent Kannada poet and dramatist T P Kailasam. She studied under the distinguished scholar Prof. B M Sriantiah, and... |
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Swami Krishnananda |
The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita |
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| The readers are taken through the Mahabharata and through each of the chapters of the Bhagavadgita, elucidating the main points in each chapter and giving insight and guidance for all. The highest truths given in the Bhagavadgita are made relevant to every spiritual seeker.
Table of Contents:
Preface
The Plight of the Pandavas
Challenges of the Spiritual Seeker
The World is the Face of God
The Cosmic Manifestation
God is Our Eternal Friend
Universal Action
The... |
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Maurice Winternitz |
A History of Indian Literature  |
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| Nearly seventy-five years ago Maurice Winternitz, the famous Austrian scholar and wrote the first volume of his A History of Indian Literature in German. This was followed by the second and third volumes after a few years.
This English translation is based on the original German work and has been revised in the light of further researches on the subject by different scholars in India and elsewhere.
The volume is divided into two sections. Section I relates to Veda (the four Samhitas),... |
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satya P. Agarwal |
Apad-Dharma in the Mahabharata |
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| The historical background of the present study poses an important, academic question. How could the Indian society have protected itself against external attacks during the pre-modern period? Research-based answers to such India-related questions occupy the initial part of this book to which a global dimension has been added by digging deep into Mahabharata innumerable stories.
The results of innovative investigations into the general question - How to face calamities at personal, state, and... |
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