After the war : the last books of the Mahabharata /
"A new translation of the end of the great Sanskrit epic, depicting the final years of the surviving heroes, their debates about the justice of war and the meaning of life, their ultimate deaths, and their experiences of heaven and hell. The author, a distinguished translator of Sanskrit texts,...
| Uniform Title: | Mahābhārata. |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the Sanskrit. |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2022]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "A new translation of the end of the great Sanskrit epic, depicting the final years of the surviving heroes, their debates about the justice of war and the meaning of life, their ultimate deaths, and their experiences of heaven and hell. The author, a distinguished translator of Sanskrit texts, has put the text into clear, flowing, contemporary prose, with a comprehensive but unintrusive critical apparatus. This book will delight general readers and enlighten students of Indian civilization and of great world literature"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 182 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0197553419 9780197553428 0197553427 9780197553435 0197553435 9780197553411 |