The Mahabharata, Volume 7: Book 11: The Book of the Women Book 12: The Book of Peace, Part 1
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (667 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0226252507 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 848 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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The translation is excellent, and will not be replaced in the foreseeablew future.". Readers of the Mahabharata can eagerly look forward to the future volumes of the series, and are greatly indebted to James Fitzgerald for his continued labors to bring the great Indian epic to a modern English audience.” (Whitney Cox South Asia News)"Fitzgerald must now be regarded as among the great Mahabharata scholars of our time. "The resumption of the publication of the English Mahabharata is a cause for celebration among Indologists as we
B. With a penetrating glimpse into the trauma of war, this volume offers two of its most timely and unforgettable chapters.. What is found in this epic may be elsewhere;What is not in this epic is nowhere else.—from The MahabharataThe second longest poem in world literature, The Mahabharata is an epic tale, replete with legends, romances, theology, and metaphysical doctrine written in Sanskrit. van Buitenen had taken his translation up to the threshold of the great war that is central to the epic. With the first three volumes, the late J. One of the foundational elements in Hindu culture, this great work consists of nearly 75,000 stanzas in eighteen books, and this volume marks the much anticipated resumption of its first complete modern English translation. The book details the keening of palace ladies as they see their dead husbands and sons, and it culminates in a mass cremation where the womens tears turn into soothing libations that help wash th