Mahabharata

A retelling in English of the Sanskrit epic. Cover Title Page Copyright Epigraph CONTENTS Publisher's Preface Introduction by B. A. van Nooten Part One: In the Beginning 1. A Mine of Jewels & Gems 2. The Ring & the Well 3. Fire & Flame 4. Indraprastha 5. The Falling Sand Part Two: In the Middle 6. Nala & Damayanti 7. The Thousand-Petaled Lotus 8. An Iron Net 9. Virata 10. The Invasion 11. Do Not Tell 12. Sanjaya Returns 13. Trees of Gold 14. The Enchanted Lake 15. The Night Part Three: In the End 16. The Blade of Grass 17. The Lonely Encounter 18. Parikshita 19. The Timeless Path 20. The City of Gates Notes Reference List of Characters The Mahabharata (a sung, epic, Hindu poem), one of the Ramayana, rewritten for a modern, English speaking audience; with much repetition and digression eliminated, with the elaborate appelatives replaced with adjectives to keep the flavor of the characters, and with names regularized (without diacritics) A novel based on the ancient Indian epic that retells the adventures of the five sons of King Pandu and the wars they fought, in which the god Krishna participated disguised as a charioteer This is the biggest and greatest epic in the world. It had the Bhagavad Gita session which took place in the climax. It is the fight between the Pandavas and Kauravas. MAY this ancient Bharata become a jewel garland that will never leave you.