Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata

By:

Devdutt Pattanaik

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Gurgaon, Haryana, India Penguin Books 2010Description: 349pISBN:

9780143104254

Subject(s):

Mahabharata

DDC classification:

294.5 PAT-J

Contents:

Prologue: the start of the Snake sacrifice -- Ancestors -- Parents -- Birth -- Education -- Castaway -- Marriage -- Friendship -- Division -- Coronation -- Gambling -- Exile -- Hiding -- Gathering -- Perspective -- War -- Aftermath -- Reconstruction -- Renunciation.

Summary: Richly illustrated with over 250 line drawings by the author, the 108 chapters abound with little-known details such as the names of the hundred Kauravas, the worship of Draupadi as a goddess in Tamil Nadu, the stories of Astika, Madhavi, Jaimini, Aravan and Barbareek, the Mahabharata version of the Shakuntalam and the Ramayana, and the dating of the war based on astronomical data. With clarity and simplicity, the tales in this elegant volume reveal the eternal relevance of the Mahabharata, the complex and disturbing meditation on the human condition that has shaped Indian thought for over 3000 years.

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Richly illustrated with over 250 line drawings by the author, the 108 chapters abound with little-known details such as the names of the hundred Kauravas, the worship of Draupadi as a goddess in Tamil Nadu, the stories of Astika, Madhavi, Jaimini, Aravan and Barbareek, the Mahabharata version of the Shakuntalam and the Ramayana, and the dating of the war based on astronomical data. With clarity and simplicity, the tales in this elegant volume reveal the eternal relevance of the Mahabharata, the complex and disturbing meditation on the human condition that has shaped Indian thought for over 3000 years.

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