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The Mahabharata
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Mahabharata
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| Authors and Contributors |
Translated by John D. Smith
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By (author) Vyasa
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Edited by J D Smith
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:912 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Hindu sacred texts |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780140446814
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| Classifications | Dewey:294.5923 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Penguin Books Ltd
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| Imprint |
Penguin Classics
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| Publication Date |
28 May 2009 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
New selection and translation of the great epic story of ancient India, revealing a mythic world of bloody conflict, magic and beauty The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent, and is a major text of Hinduism. Its discussion of human goals (artha or 'purpose', kama or 'pleasure', dharma or 'duty', and moksha or 'liberation') takes place in a long-standing tradition, attempting to explain the relationship of the individual to society and the world (the nature of the 'Self') and the workings of karma.
Author Biography
John D. Smith was born in Nottingham in 1946. He attended Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he read Sanskrit and Hindi. In the early 1970s he held a research fellowship at Christ's College, Cambridge; this was followed by nine years as lecturer in Sanskrit at the School of Oriental and African Studies in the University of London. In 1984 he returned to Cambridge, where he is now emeritus Reader of Sanskrit. He has worked on both Sanskrit and modern Rajasthani, and his publications include The Visa?adevarasa- a restoration of the text (Cambridge, 1976) and The epic of Pabuji- a study, transcription and translation (Cambridge, 1991).
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