The Mahabharata
A Modern Rendering, Vol. 1
Ranked #94 in Hinduism
The Mahabharata is the more recent of India's two great epics, and by far the longer. First composed by the Maharishi Vyasa in verse, it has come down the centuries in the timeless oral tradition of guru and sishya, profoundly influencing the history, culture, and art of not only the Indian subcontinent but most of south-east Asia. At 100,000 couplets, it is seven times as long as the Iliad and the Odyssey combined: far and away the greatest recorded epic known to man.
The Mahabharata is the very Book of Life: in its variety, majesty and, also, in its violence and... more
The Mahabharata is the very Book of Life: in its variety, majesty and, also, in its violence and... more
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