The Mahabharata
Volume 5
Penguin (Publisher)
Published on 1. June 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
632 pages
978-0-14-342518-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Dispute over land and kingdom may lie at the heart of this story of war between cousins-the Pandavas and the Kouravas-but the Mahabharata is about conflicts of dharma. These conflicts are immense and various, singular and commonplace. Throughout the epic, characters face them with no clear indications of what is right and what is wrong; there are no absolute answers. Thus every possible human emotion features in the Mahabharata, the reason the epic continues to hold sway over our imagination.
In this superb and widely acclaimed translation of the complete Mahabharata, Bibek Debroy takes us on a great journey with incredible ease.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
India
Publishing group
Penguin Random House India
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-342518-2 (9780143425182)
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Additional editions
The Mahabharata
Volume 5
E-Book
06/2012
1st Edition
Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd
€16.99
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Person
Bibek Debroy is a member of Niti Aayog. He is an economist who has published popular articles, papers and books on economics. He also writes on Indology and Sanskrit. He is the author of Sarama and Her Children: The Dog in Indian Myth and a translation of the Bhagavad Gita. Bibek Debroy was awarded the Padma Shri in 2015.