The Mahabharata, Volume 2: Book 2:  The Book of Assembly; Book 3: The Book of the Forest - Mahabharata - Van Buitenen J a B - Libros - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226846644 - 15 de septiembre de 1981
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Jacket Description/Back: The Mahabharata, an ancient and vast Sanskrit poem, is a remarkable collection of epics, legends, romances, theology, and ethical and metaphysical doctrine. The core of this great work is the epic struggle between five heroic brothers, the Pandavas, and their one hundred contentious cousins for rule of the land. This is the second volume of van Buitenen's acclaimed translation of the definitive Poona edition of the text. Table of Contents: PrefaceThe Mahabharata TranslatedBook 2. The Book of the Assembly HallIntroductionContentsSummaries and TranslationBook 3. The Book of the ForestIntroductionContentsSummaries and TranslationNotes to TextConcordance of Critical Edition and Bombay Edition: Books 2 and 3IndexPublisher Marketing: The Mahabharata, an ancient and vast Sanskrit poem, is a remarkable collection of epics, legends, romances, theology, and ethical and metaphysical doctrine. The core of this great work is the epic struggle between five heroic brothers, the Pandavas, and their one hundred contentious cousins for rule of the land. This is the second volume of van Buitenen's acclaimed translation of the definitive Poona edition of the text. Book two, The Book of the Assembly Hall, is an epic dramatization of the Vedic ritual of consecration that is central to the book. Book three, The Book of the Forest, traces the further episodes of the heroes during their years in exile. Also included are the famous story of Nala, dealing with the theme of love in separation, and the story of Rama, the subject of the other great Sanskrit epic, the Ramayana, as well as other colorful tales.


880 pages, 1M.

Medios de comunicación Libros     Paperback Book   (Libro con tapa blanda y lomo encolado)
Publicado 15 de septiembre de 1981
ISBN13 9780226846644
Editores The University of Chicago Press
Páginas 871
Dimensiones 161 × 233 × 47 mm   ·   1,28 kg
Lengua Inglés  
Traductor Van Buitenen, J. A. B.

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