Vyasa

The Mahabharata

Übersetzer: Dutt, Romesh C

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A grand saga of divine wisdom, epic battles, and the eternal quest for justice, distilled into the lives of warriors and deities across the vast expanse of ancient India

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 150mm x 93mm
• ISBN-13: 9781035048533
• ISBN-10: 1035048531
• Artikelnr.: 71237663

Autorenporträt

Vyasa is the legendary author of The Mahabharata, Vedas and Puranas, some of the most important works in the Hindu tradition. Romesh C Dutt was born in 1848. He completed his university studies in Kolkata, then, unbeknownst to his family, he travelled to England to study at University College London where he passed his Indian Civil Service exams. He enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the Civil Service. Dutt wrote extensively in both Bengali and in English. He is remembered for two non fiction books, The Economic History of India and India in the Victorian Age. He also translated into verse and crafted abridged editions of the two great Indian epics, The Ramayana and The Mahabharata.

Inhaltsangabe

The MahabharataPreface
Pronunciation of Sanskrit
Introduction
The Mahabharata
1. Beginnings
2. The Hall
3. The Forest
4. Virata
5. Perseverance
6. Bhisma
7. Drona
8. Karna
9. Salya
10. The Night-raid
11. The Women
12. Tranquillity
13. Instruction
14. The Horse Sacrifice
15. The Hermitage
16. The Clubs
17. The Great Journey
18. The Ascent to Heaven
Variant Readings Adopted
Key to Names and Glossary
Further Reading
Map: The India of the Mahabharata
Genealogical Tables
Index