The Mahabharata, Volume 3: Book 4: The Book of the Virata; Book 5: The Book of the Effort - Softcover

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9780226846651: The Mahabharata, Volume 3: Book 4: The Book of the Virata; Book 5: The Book of the Effort
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ISBN 10: 0226846652 ISBN 13: 9780226846651
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1978

Synopsis

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 third volume of van Buitenen's acclaimed translation of the definitive Poona edition of the text. Book 4, The Book of Virata, begins as a burlesque, but the mood soon darkens amid molestation, raids, and Arjuna's battle with the principal heroes of the enemy. Book 5, The Book of the Effort, relates the attempts of the Pandavas to negotiate the return of their patrimony. They are refused so much as a "pinprick of land," and both parties finally march to battle.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication date
1978
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0226846652
ISBN 13 
9780226846651
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
572
Editor
J. A. B. Van Buitenen
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