The Mahabharata, Volume 1: Book 1: The Book of the Beginning

by J. A. B. van Buitenen

Overview

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 first volume in what will ultimately become a multi volume edition encompassing all eighteen books.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226846637
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	02/15/1980
Series:	Mahabharata Series , #1
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	545
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.40(d)

Table of Contents

Preface
The Mahabharata: Introduction
Spelling and Pronunciation of Sanskrit
The Mahabharata: Summary
The Mahabharata Translated
Book 1. The Book of Beginning
Introduction
Contents
Summaries and Translation
Notes to Text
Names of Important Persons
Concordance of Critical Edition and Bombay Edition
Index