The Complete Mahabharata Volume - 3 Vana Parva & Virat Parva - Couverture souple

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Kumar, Jayashree

 
9788129119599: The Complete Mahabharata Volume - 3 Vana Parva & Virat Parva
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 8129119595 ISBN 13 : 9788129119599
Editeur : Rupa Publications India, 2013

Synopsis

Meteors rain down in torrents and a deep gloom falls every where. Birds fly about in alarm and great trees tremble. From the thunderous sound the Kurus know that it is Arjuna's hands that drew the string of that best of bows.' The Mahabharata of Veda Vyasa is the longest recorded epic in the world. With almost 100,000 verses, it is many times as long as the Iliad and the Odyssey combined and has deeply influenced every aspect of the Indian ethos for some 4,000 years. The Mahabharata embodies the ancient and sacred Indian tradition, in all its earthy and spiritual immensity. Yet, the only full Indian translation of the Mahabharata into English is the 19th century one by Kisari Mohan Ganguli. More than a hundred years have passed since Ganguli accomplished his task and the language he used is now sadly, archaic. This new 12 volume series retells the great epic, line by line, in fresh, easily readable english prose. With it, we hope to bring the Mahabharata alive again, for the contemporary and the future reader.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Meteors rain down in torrents and a deep gloom falls every where. Birds fly about in alarm and great trees tremble. From the thunderous sound the Kurus know that it is Arjuna's hands that drew the string of that best of bows.' The Mahabharata of Veda Vyasa is the longest recorded epic in the world. With almost 100,000 verses, it is many times as long as the Iliad and the Odyssey combined and has deeply influenced every aspect of the Indian ethos for some 4,000 years. The Mahabharata embodies the ancient and sacred Indian tradition, in all its earthy and spiritual immensity. Yet, the only full Indian translation of the Mahabharata into English is the 19th century one by Kisari Mohan Ganguli. More than a hundred years have passed since Ganguli accomplished his task and the language he used is now sadly, archaic. This new 12 volume series retells the great epic, line by line, in fresh, easily readable english prose. With it, we hope to bring the Mahabharata alive again, for the contemporary and the future reader.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jayashree Kumar lives in Kodaikanal, which she and her husband made their home in 1986. She has been a teacher and is now a freelance editor with a passion for reading, knitting and book binding. Katya Osbornegrew up in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. She is the daughter of Arthur Osborne who wrote Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self-knowledge. Series editor Ramesh Menonwas born in 1951 in New Delhi. He has written modern renderings of the Mahabharata, Ramayana, Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Siva Purana, Devi Purana and Bhagavata Purana.

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Éditeur
Rupa Publications India
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
8129119595
ISBN 13 
9788129119599
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
740
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