Author: Pratāpachandra RāyaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Anusasana parva
Author: Pratāpachandra RāyaTHE MAHABHARATA
Author: Ramesh MenonPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595845657
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 581
Book Description
The Mahabharata is the more recent of India's two great epics, and by far the longer. First composed by the Maharishi Vyasa in verse, it has come down the centuries in the timeless oral tradition of guru and sishya, profoundly influencing the history, culture, and art of not only the Indian subcontinent but most of south-east Asia. At 100,000 couplets, it is seven times as long as the Iliad and the Odyssey combined: far and away the greatest recorded epic known to man. The Mahabharata is the very Book of Life: in its variety, majesty and, also, in its violence and tragedy. It has been said that nothing exists that cannot be found within the pages of this awesome legend. The epic describes a great war of some 5000 years ago, and the events that led to it. The war on Kurukshetra sees ten million warriors slain, brings the dwapara yuga to an end, and ushers in a new and sinister age: this present kali yuga, modern times. At the heart of the Mahabharata nestles the Bhagavad Gita, the Song of God. Senayor ubhayor madhye, between two teeming armies, Krishna expounds the eternal dharma to his warrior of light, Arjuna. At one level, all the restless action of the Mahabharata is a quest for the Gita and its sacred stillness. After the carnage, it is the Gita that survives, immortal lotus floating upon the dark waters of desolation: the final secret! With its magnificent cast of characters, human, demonic, and divine, and its riveting narrative, the Mahabharata continues to enchant readers and scholars the world over. This new rendering brings the epic to the contemporary reader in sparkling modern prose. It brings alive all the excitement, magic, and grandeur of the original-for our times.
The Modern Review
Author: Ramananda ChatterjeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Includes section "Reviews and notices of books".
The Iconography and Ritual of Śiva at Elephanta
Author: Charles D. CollinsPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791499537
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The beautiful rock-cut Siva temple on Elephanta Island in Bombay Harbor is one of the finest monuments of Indian religion and art. Until now, interpretation of its magnificent sculptured scenes has been neglected. In this book, Collins systematically surveys the pertinent Vedic, Epic, and early Puranic literature as well as the contributions of India's foremost poet and dramatist, Kalidasa, to reveal sources for and interpretations of the subjects of the relief sculptures. This survey shows strong associations with areas formerly controlled by the classical Gupta dynasty in northern India. This book provides the first detailing of this link, intimated by others before, which helps to explain the grandeur of style found in the colossal reliefs. By applying certain aspects of ritual texts of the Lakulisa-Pasupata, the sect that probably used Elephanta originally, exceptional clarity is revealed for the worship of the sculptures in a counterclockwise sequence, quite unusual in India, but appropriate to this particular sect. Lakulisa-Pasupata texts are invoked in Collins' theory of how the cave-temple at Elephanta was used. This area of investigation has been virtually untouched by other scholars for any early Hindu shrine in India.
Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, Their Religion and Institutions
Author: John MuirOriginal Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, Their Religion and Institutions
Author: Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and Progress of the Religion and Institutions of India: Comparison of the Vedic with the later representations of the principal Indian deities
Author: John MuirPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brahmanism
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
A History of India from the Earliest Times
Author: Vaman Somnarayan DalalPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
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Author: John Muir