Mahabharata, Book 6: Bhisma - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0814717055 ISBN 13 : 9780814717059

Editeur : New York University Press, 2009

Synopsis

This second half of Bhishma describes the events from the beginning of the fifth day till the end of the tenth of the great battle between the Káuravas and the Pándavas. Despite grandfather Bhishma's appeal to conclude peace with the Pándavas, Duryódhana continues the bloody battle. The key strategist is general Bhishma, commander of the Káurava forces. Even though he is compelled to fight on the side of the Káuravas, Bhishma's sympathies are with the Pándavas. After the ninth day of war, when Bhishma has wreaked havoc with their troops, the Pándavas realise that they will be unable to win as long as invincible Bhishma is alive. Bhishma willingly reveals to them how he can be destroyed. Strictly observing the warrior code, he will never fight with Shikhándin, because he was originally born a woman. Bhishma advises the Pándava brothers that Árjuna should strike him from behind Shikhándin's back, and they follow the grandfather's advice.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This second half of "Bhishma" describes the events from the beginning of the fifth day till the end of the tenth of the great battle between the Kauravas and the Pandavas. Despite grandfather Bhishma's appeal to conclude peace with the Pandavas, Duryodhana continues the bloody battle. The key strategist is general Bhishma, commander of the Kaurava forces. Even though he is compelled to fight on the side of the Kauravas, Bhishma's sympathies are with the Pandavas. After the ninth day of war, when Bhishma has wreaked havoc with their troops, the Pandavas realise that they will be unable to win as long as invincible Bhishma is alive. Bhishma willingly reveals to them how he can be destroyed. Strictly observing the warrior code, he will never fight with Shikhandin, because he was originally born a woman. Bhishma advises the Pandava brothers that Ajuna should strike him from behind Shikhandin's back, and they follow the grandfather's advice.

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"Small, elegant books, beautifully printed, sparsely annotated, and bilingual...This arrangement naturally delights students of Sanskrit, who may dispense,at least temporarily, with their dictionaries and grammar books; but you do nothave to know Sanskrit to enjoy reading these volumes." --The New Republic

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New York University Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0814717055
• ISBN 13: 9780814717059
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 582
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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