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Mahabharata

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William Buck
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Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 2000 - Mahābhārata - 417 pages
The Mahabharata is an Indian epic, in its original Sanskrit probably the largest ever composed. It is the story of a dynastic struggle that provides a social, moral, and cosmological background to the climatic battle. The present English rendition is a retelling based on a translation of the Sanskrit original published by Pratap Chandra Roy, Published in the beginning of this century. William buck has condensed the story. The old translation from which he worked covers 5800 pages of print, while his own book is less than a tenth of that length. But by and large, Buck`s rendition reflects the sequence of events in the Sanskrit epic, and he uses the traditional techniques for instance, of stories within stories, flashbacks, moral lessons laid in the mouths of principal characters. There are other English versions of the Mahabharata, some shorter, some longer. But apart from William Buck`s rendition, none have been able to capture the blend of religion andmartial spirit that pervades the original epic. It succeeds eminently in illustrating how seemingly grand and magnificent human endeavors turn out to be astoundingly insignificant in the perspective of eternity. CONTENTS Publisher's Preface, Introduction, Part I: In the Beginning, A Mine of Jewels and Gems, The Ring and the Well, Fire and Flame, Indraprastha, The Falling Sand, Part II: In the Middle, 6:00 Nala and Damayanti, 7:00 The Thousand-Petaled Lotus, An Iron Net, Virata, The Invasion, Do Not Tell, Sanjaya Returns, Trees of Gold, The Enchanted Lake, The Night, Part III: In the End, The Blade of Grass, The Lonely Encounter, Parikshita, The Timeless Path, The City of Gates, Notes, Reference List of Characters
  

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User Review  - Vijeta - Goodreads

The Mahabharata is, well, much more muchier. There's a muchness about it that the Greek epics lacked for me. The prose may not be entirely poetical but its imagery is tremendously vivid and graphic. Buck's translation isn't the complete Mahabharata but it captured the soul of it. Read full review

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User Review  - Mjm - Goodreads

This is a beautifully written version of one of the world's great epics. Buck boils it down to the core of the story to create an unprecedentedly accessible version, ideal for Western readers. Read full review

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Contents

A Mine of Jewels and Gems
5
The Ring and the Well
27
The Falling Sand
95
An Iron Net
167
The Invasion
215
Sanjaya Returns
249
Trees of Gold
265
The Enchanted Lake
285
In the End
329
The Blade of Grass
333
The Lonely Encounter
353
Parikshita
373
The Timeless Path
389
The City of Gates
401
Notes
413
Reference List of Characters
415

The Night
309
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answered Arjuna armor arms army arrows asked Aswatthaman Balarama beautiful Bharata Bhima Bhishma brahmana brothers burning chariot Chitraratha Damayanti dark dead death Dharma Dhrishtadyumna Dhritarashtra dice Draupadi Drona drove Drupada Duhsasana Duryodhana Dwaravati Earth elephant eyes face father fell fight fire flowers forest Gandharvas Ganga gods gold golden gone grass hair hand Hastinapura head heard heart heaven horses Indra Indraprastha Jayadratha jewels Karna Kichaka kill king kingdom Kripa Krishna Kunti Kurukshetra laughed leave live looked Lord Mahabharata Majesty mantra Matsya moon mountain Naga Nakula Nala never night palace Panchala Pandavas Pandu Rishyasringa Rituparna river robes Sahadeva Sairindhri Sakuni Sanjaya Satyaki Satyavan Savitri Shiva silver smiled stood stopped story sword tell threw told tree Uttara Vahuka Vibhandaka Vidura Virata Vrihannala Vyasa walked warriors watched weapons wife wind Yudhishthira Yuyutsu

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References from web pages

Mahābhārata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[1] Including the Harivaṃśa, the Mahabharata has a total length of more than ... In its scope, the Mahabharata is more than simply a story of kings and ...
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Mahabharata: Definition and Much More from Answers.com
Mahabharata n. A Sanskrit epic principally concerning the dynastic struggle and civil war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas in the kingdom of.
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nationmaster - Encyclopedia: Mahabharata
The Mahabharata is a 1989 film version of the Hindu epic, directed by Peter Brook. ... Image File history File links Kurukshetra. ...
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Mahabharata
Opening part of the Mahabharata, narrated by V Lakshmanan.
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Aneesh's Mahabharata Page
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Mahabharata: An Annotated Bibliography
A subjectively annotated bibliography of the Mahabharata, the great epic of Hindu India.
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JSTOR: Mahabharata
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The Mahabharata is an epic that tells the story of a conflict in Kurujangala, a kingdom of northern India. Details of religious rites, myths, stories within ...
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TitleMahabharata
EditorWilliam Buck
Translated byWilliam Buck
Editionreprint
PublisherMotilal Banarsidass Publ., 2000
ISBN8120817192, 9788120817197
Length417 pages
  
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