The Mahabharata, Volume 1: Book 1: The Book of the Beginning - Mahabharata New edition

Jacket Description/Back: 'The Mahabharata, an ancient and vast Sanskrit poem, is a remarkable collection of epics, legends, romances, theology, and ethical and metaphysical doctrine. Table of Contents: PrefaceThe Mahabharata: IntroductionSpelling and Pronunciation of SanskritThe Mahabharata: SummaryThe Mahabharata TranslatedBook 1. The Book of BeginningIntroductionContentsSummaries and TranslationNotes to TextNames of Important PersonsConcordance of Critical Edition and Bombay EditionIndexPublisher Marketing: The Mahabharata, an ancient and vast Sanskrit poem, is a remarkable collection of epics, legends, romances, theology, and ethical and metaphysical doctrine. The core of this great work is the epic struggle between five heroic brothers, the Pandavas, and their one hundred contentious cousins for rule of the land. This is the first volume in what will ultimately become a multi volume edition encompassing all eighteen books.