"Few works in world literature have inspired so vast an audience, in nations with radically different languages and cultures, as the Mahabharata, written some 2,000 years ago and probably the longest Indian epic ever composed. It is a story of dynastic struggle, culminating in an awesome battle between two branches of a single Indian ruling family. It is a moral and philosophical tale as well as a historical one. In his introduction Sanskritist B. A. van Nooten notes, "Apart from William Buck's rendition [no other English ...
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"Few works in world literature have inspired so vast an audience, in nations with radically different languages and cultures, as the Mahabharata, written some 2,000 years ago and probably the longest Indian epic ever composed. It is a story of dynastic struggle, culminating in an awesome battle between two branches of a single Indian ruling family. It is a moral and philosophical tale as well as a historical one. In his introduction Sanskritist B. A. van Nooten notes, "Apart from William Buck's rendition [no other English version has] been able to capture the blend of religion and martial spirit that pervades the original epic." Stunningly illustrated with majestic imagery throughout, this 35th anniversary edition is a true collector's item."--
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Add this copy of Mahabharata to cart. $40.17, good condition, Sold by Object Relations IOBA PBFA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from London, COUNTY (OPTIONAL), UNITED KINGDOM, published 1973 by University of California Press.
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Shirley Triest. Good in Good jacket. 1st printing (1973). 417pp. Ex-library with usual markings. VG/VG copy but for single library stamp to colophon which is covered by ex libris bookplate, jacket front flap pasted to front pastedown, rear flap has small tape residue onto rear pastedown, now preserved in mylar jacket protector.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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It is a minor translation, well intended, but not what I was looking for. More a matter of my not reading carefully enough before making my selection.
Jonathan
Jul 5, 2007
The Mahabharata
This is a very interesting book with very many very interesting and nice stories. Some kind of an Indian "Thousand nights and one night" . Beause of the very foreign names it is very difficult to read and follow because for a non-Indian these names often sound very similar so you sometimes get easily mixed up. But you learn a lot about the Indian people and their beliefs. If this is religion it is very different from what we in the West would call religion. You can observe how different and again how similar different peoples are.
