Author : Dipavali Debroy
Publisher : Low Price Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,16 MB
Release : 2003-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788173860270
Retold in simple language, underlining importance of each Purana, with a lucid summary.
Author : Bhojraj Dwivedi
Publisher : Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 47,98 MB
Release : 2016-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8128822772
The Puranas are not merely history books in the accepted sense of the term but they do give a mine of information about the ancient life or the time when our values were taking roots. Since they record not only history and geography, but also the essence of our jurisprudence and subjects of practical value and its relevance, it perhaps never wanes. In order to help the gen-next know and appreciate the span of our achievement, it is essential for it to have a comprehensive version of our Puranas. The language and style of narration have been kept as near to the modern parlance so as to help the reader get the crux of the text. This Skanda Purana is an important to me of the series as it contains varied descriptions of our ancient heritage. Curiously enough, the now widely popular story: the ‘Satyanarayan Katha’ owes its origin to this very Purana. It is hoped our discerning readers would accord a warm welcome to Skanda Purana as they did to the earlier Puranas of the present series. We would welcome any suggestion from our readers to make the present series more relevant and meaningful.
Author : Devendrakumar Rajaram Patil
Publisher : Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,27 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Literary Criticism
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Author : Romesh C. Dutt
Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 50,73 MB
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 8184955421
Ancient India, like ancient Greece boasts of two great Epics. One of them, the Maha-bharata, relates to a great war in which all the warlike races of Northern India took a share, and may therefore be compared to the Iliad. The great war which is the subject of this Epic is believed to have been fought in the thirteenth or fourteenth century before Christ. The war thus became the centre of a cycle of legends, songs, and poems in ancient India, the vast mass of legends and poetry, accumulated during centuries, was cast in a narrative form and formed the Epic of the Great Bharata nation, and therefore called the Maha-bharata. The real facts of the war had been obliterated by age, legendary heroes had become the principal actors, and, as is invariably the case in India, the thread of a high moral purpose, of the triumph of virtue and the subjugation of vice, was woven into the fabric of the great Epic.
Author : Edward Washburn Hopkins
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 10,49 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788120809956
Long age when this book first appeared in the opening year of the century the great Epic, Mahabharata had not been thoroughly examined to see what literature it reflected had not received a careful investigation from the metrical side its philosophy had been reviewed only in a most haphazard fashion and its relation to other epic poetry had been almost judgement on the question of the date and origin of the poem of which scholars knew as yet this poem of which scholars knew as yet scarcely more than that before a definitive answer could be given the whole huge structure must be studied from many points of view.
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Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,46 MB
Release : 2008
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Author : Bibek Debroy
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 23,57 MB
Release : 2016-09-09
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9386057913
A gorgeous, lucid rendering of the majestic conclusion to the Mahabharata As an epilogue to the greatest epic of all time, the Harivamsha further elaborates on the myriad conflicts of dharma and the struggle between good and evil. Stories abound—from the cosmogony of the universe to the legends of the solar and lunar dynasties and even a foreshadowing of kali yuga in the future. At the centre of all these magnificent tales is the mercurial figure of Krishna, whose miraculous life and wondrous exploits are recounted with vivid detail. In offering a glimpse into Krishna’s life—as a mischievous child, as an enchanting lover, as a discerning prince—this luminous text sheds light on many questions left unanswered in the Mahabharata. Brimming with battles and miracles, wisdom and heroics, philosophical insight and psychological acuity, Bibek Debroy’s splendid translation of the Harivamsha is absolutely essential reading for all those who love the Mahabharata.
Author : Bibek Debroy
Publisher :
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 35,77 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Puranas
ISBN :
3 Vols. Set -Contents: vol. 1. Brahma, Padma, Vishnu, Shiva, Bhagavata and Narada. xx, 602 p. vol. 2. Markandeya, Agni, Bhavishya, Brahmavaivarta, Linga and Varaha. xviii, 561 p. vol. 3. Skanda, Vamana, Kurma, Matsya, Garuda, Brahmanda and Vayu. xviii, 626 p. (B.R).
Author : Ludo Rocher
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 40,95 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Hindu literature, Sanskrit
ISBN : 9783447025225
Author : Edward Washburn Hopkins
Publisher :
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 16,90 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Epic poetry, Sanskrit
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