The Mahabharata by Vyasa

The Mahabharata by Vyasa

Presents one of the major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. This book offers a discussion of human goals (artha or purpose, kama or pleasure, dharma or duty, and moksha or liberation). It explains the relationship of the individual to society and the world (the nature of the 'Self') and the workings of karma.

John D. Smith was born in Nottingham in 1946. He read Sanskrit and Hindi at Magdalene College, Cambridge. In the early 1970s he held a research fellowship at Christ’s College, Cambridge; this was followed by nine years as lecturer in Sanskrit at the School of Oriental and African Studies in the University of London. In 1984 he returned to Cambridge, where he is now emeritus Reader in Sanskrit. His publications include The Visaladevarasa: A Restoration of the Text (Cambridge, 1976) and The Epic of Pabuji: A Study, Transcription and Translation (Cambridge, 1991).

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ISBN 13	9780140446814
ISBN 10	0140446818
Title	The Mahabharata
Author	Vyasa
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2009-05-28
Number of pages	912
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