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The Mahabharata - An English Version Based on Selected Verses (Paperback, Revised): Chakravarthi Narasimhan

The Mahabharata - An English Version Based on Selected Verses (Paperback, Revised)

Chakravarthi Narasimhan

Series: Translations from the Asian Classics

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In the Indian census of 1981, over 80% of the population declared themselves Hindu - that's in excess of 500 million people. Theirs is a spectacularly diverse religious tradition without the unity a single creed bestows, and without a founding prophet such as the great monotheistic religions have, or even a central moral code. The Mahabharata - 'war poems of the Bharata' and what could, arguably, described as the tradition's 'central' text, is 15 times the length of the Bible, and dates back to the 5th century BC. This edition features 4000 of the 90,000 verses from the Hindu epic mythological poem - family feuds, wars, love and supernatural happenings enshrine the values of ancient Hindu society. (Kirkus UK)

Intended to be a treatise on life itself, this epic poem embraces religion and ethics, polity and government, philosophy and the pursuit of salvation. This collection of more than 4,000 verses is supplemented by a glossary, genealogical tables, and an index correlating the verses with the original Sanskrit text.

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Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Translations from the Asian Classics
Release date: November 1997
First published: November 1997
Translators: Chakravarthi Narasimhan
Dimensions: 137 x 203 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 254
Edition: Revised
ISBN-13: 978-0-231-11055-6
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Hinduism
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LSN: 0-231-11055-3
Barcode: 9780231110556

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