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

Name: Mahabharata, Volume 3 Book 4: the Book of the Virata; Book 5: the Book of the Effort
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ISBN: 9780226846651

ISBN-10: 0226846652

ISBN-13: 9780226846651

Edition: 1978

Authors: J. A. B. van Buitenen

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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.…

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List price: $49.00
Copyright year: 1978
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/15/1983
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 582
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.95" long x 0.12" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English



Preface


The Mahabharata Translated


Book 4. The Book of Virata Introduction Comments Summaries and Translation


Book 5. The Book of the Effort Introduction Contents Summaries and Translation


Notes to the Text Concordance of Critical Edition and Bombay Edition


Books 4 and 5 Index