Mahabharata

Facts and fiction in the novel 'The Mahabharata Secret' Christopher C Doyle was brought up as a boy with good amount of books ranging from classical literature to science fiction and fantasy to poetry and plays, he has dreamed of becoming a writer from an early age. Before he finally undertook the journey of achieving his childhood dreams, he then pursued a career in the corporate world and he graduated from St. Stephens College, Delhi with a degree in Economics and studied business management…

Did they tell you that tomorrow they take your prince away from you, that you are to become that most lost of souls – a widow? Tomorrow I die. The legend of Iravan From the Indian Epic Mahabharata, the greatest story ever told Uloopi, the Naga Princess, fell in love with Arjuna during his period of exile from the other Pandavas. He agreed to marry and stay with her for a year. Iravan was born out of this union. Uloopi trained him to become…

chapters eight and nine, and Vyasa’s The Mahabharata, In the Beginning and The Ring & the Well, are primary forms of epic poems telling the grand tales of Ulysses and Drona, respectfully. Both authors tell of divine deities of the culture, glory of war, justice, and power. Two historically revered epic poems, the Odyssey and The Mahabharata, espouse very similar yet also very different values of status and heroism that provide insight into…

study the Bhagavad Gita to reveal the internalized psychological identities of various characters of the Mahabharata. Method: The present study is an attempt to explore the evolution and transformation of self from the perspective of the Bhagavad Gita. It is being designed as a theoretical work to study the important commentaries on the Gita to reveal the various incidents of the Mahabharata, which may eventually lead one to inner psychological and spiritual transformation. The main method of…

humans, live the way we do. Put together, these questions are called the Great Conversation. The Great Conversation questions will be dissected and answered by looking at answers given through three stories, the story of Gilgamesh, the story of Mahabharata, and a Buddhist parable. The story of Gilgamesh, asks the question, what happens to me after I die?, through Gilgamesh, a Sumerian who is two-thirds divine, of perfect beauty, and has courage and wisdon. In the Sumerian culture, they believe…

important pieces of literature is the Mahābhārata, one of the sanskrit epic poems that contain the history of Hinduism and moral laws. In the Mahābhārata, the belief of pativrata is introduced as a married woman loyal to her husband, not only loyal but devoted to him.…

Mahabharata is one of the two major works of ancient India which is a narrative of the Kurukshetra war which takes place between Pandavas and Kaurvas. But it is not only an epic which depicts hatred, jealousy and the lust for power but also deals with concepts…

Theravada Buddhism was draw from its older form of Buddhism the Mahabharata Buddhism, and created a new way to acquire nirvana without extreme sacrifice. When considering Christianity, it was inspired by Judaism which was a very ancient tradition, and this religion was changed into an entirely new and different religion…

It could be said, Bharati is practicing historiography, what Benjamin regards as, from the margins. It could be argued that Bharati regards the events of Mahabharata as the source events and demonstrates the historiography from the margins by reworking the events in his play. The addition of such marginal characters serves his purpose well. This could also be interpreted as Bharati’s critique of history of…

forms. There is a famous Sanskrit saying in India especially amongst the Hindus that Ekam Sat Viprah Bahudha Vadanti (Truth (God) is One, sages know it differently). Some people may worship Bhagavad Geeta, some may believe in Ramayana and some in Mahabharata. Hinduism has a diverse body of cultural and philosophical practices and it consists of traditions and beliefs. The highly regarded belief and traditions of the religion are Karma, Dharma, Samsara and Moksha. Karma is the results of the…