| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Clay Sanskrit library |
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Clay Sanskrit library.
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| Contents |
V. 1. On the Eve of the Great War -- Ill Omens and Divine Sight -- Description of the Earth -- Shocking News : Bhishma Fallen -- The Song of the Lord -- Yudhi·shthira Asks for Blessings -- The Battle Begins : Day One -- Rearraying the Troops -- Day Two -- Day Three -- Day Four -- v. 2. Krishna's Glory -- Day Five -- Day Six -- Day Seven -- Day Eight -- The Káuravas' Consultations -- Day Nine -- Bhishma's Advice to the Pándavas -- Day Ten -- Bhishma on the Bed of Arrows |
| Summary |
"Bhishma," the sixth book of the eighteen-book epic The Mahabhárata, narrates the first ten days of the great war between the Káuravas and the Pándavas. This first volume covers four days from the beginning of the great battle and includes the famous "Bhágavad•gita ("The Song of the Lord"), presented here within its original epic context. In this "bible" of Indian civilization the charioteer Krishna empowers his disciple Árjuna to resolve his personal dilemma: whether to follow his righteous duty as a warrior and slay his opponent relatives in the just battle, or to abstain from fighting and renounce the warrior code to which he is born |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In English and Sanskrit (romanized) on facing pages; includes translation from Sanskrit |
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Vendor-supplied metadata |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Krishna (Hindu deity)
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| SUBJECT |
Krishna (Hindu deity) fast |
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Mahābhārata. Bhīṣmaparva -- Translations into English
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Mahābhārata. Bhīṣmaparva fast |
| Subject |
Hinduism -- Sacred books
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Hinduism -- Sacred books.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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Hinduism
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| Genre/Form |
Sacred books
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Translations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Guha, Ranajit, writer of foreword
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Cherniak, Alex, translator.
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| ISBN |
9781479882687 |
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1479882682 |
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