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What is the name of Mahabharata book?
Yudhishthira’s final test and the return of the Pandavas to the spiritual world (svarga). This is an addendum to the 18 books, and covers those parts of the life of Krishna which is not covered in the 18 parvas of the Mahabharata….
Mahabharata | |
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Religion | Hinduism |
Author | Vyasa |
Language | Sanskrit |
Verses | 200,000 |
Can we keep Mahabharata book in home?
The Mahabharata is definitely allowed to be kept at home, in fact, every house should have a copy of the Mahabharata in it to symbolise the victory of Dharma over Adharma, the entire symbolism of the Mahabharata.
What is the best translation of the Mahabharata?
The translation was done directly from the Sanskrit source during the years 1883-1896 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli and this is often referred to as the comprehensive Ganguli translation of the Mahabharata. The Mahabharata can also be found here on holybooks.com in the Pratap Chandra Roy-version.
What is the Mahabharata of Vyasa – English prose translation?
The Mahabharata of Vyasa – English Prose Translation is a single volume edition of the Mahabharata in not less than 5.818 pages. The translation was done directly from the Sanskrit source during the years 1883-1896 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli and this is often referred to as the comprehensive Ganguli translation of the Mahabharata.
When was the critical edition of Mahabharata published?
(The version being referred to by most writers and scholars before this was called the Vulgate edition and it was from the 17th century). Finally, after five decades and ~1300 manuscripts later this critical edition of Mahabharata was published in 1966.
How many stanzas are in the Mahabharata?
The Mahabharata (compiled between 300 BC and 300 AD) has the honor of being the longest epic in world literature. It consists of 100,000 2-line stanzas (although the most recent critical edition edits this down to about 88,000).