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Mahābhārata: India's Epic
Mahābhārata is an ancient Sanskrit epic story that has played a huge role in the formation of Hinduism as we know it today. It is truly a vast work that presents an amazing story with many different strands and subplots as well as extensive passages of religious, philosophical, moral, and practical instruction. Interestingly, the Mahabharata is actually an epic poem, but is often referred to as a story because of its length – it’s the longest known epic poem ever written, consisting of over 200,000 individual lines.
This work teaches the story and characters of Mahābhārata. It also delves into the role of the divine in worldly matters and explores concepts of dharma.
What sort of text this is? Who wrote it and when? What is it really about? What is its principal role in the religious, cultural, and social life of India?
Dr. Nicholas Sutton of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies has spent the past four decades studying, teaching, and writing on Mahābhārata.
This work teaches the story and characters of Mahābhārata. It also delves into the role of the divine in worldly matters and explores concepts of dharma.
What sort of text this is? Who wrote it and when? What is it really about? What is its principal role in the religious, cultural, and social life of India?
Dr. Nicholas Sutton of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies has spent the past four decades studying, teaching, and writing on Mahābhārata.
253 pages, Unknown Binding
Published January 1, 2021
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