The Mahabharata

John D. Smith, Vyasa, J D Smith

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Penguin
30 June 2009

New selection and translation of the great epic story of ancient India, revealing a mythic world of bloody conflict, magic and beauty

The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent, and is a major text of Hinduism. Its discussion of human goals (artha or 'purpose', kama or 'pleasure', dharma or 'duty', and moksha or 'liberation') takes place in a long-standing tradition, attempting to explain the relationship of the individual to society and the world (the nature of the 'Self') and the workings of karma.

By: Vyasa
Edited by: J D Smith
Translated by: John D. Smith
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 37mm
Weight: 617g
ISBN: 9780140446814
ISBN 10: 0140446818
Pages: 912
Publication Date: 30 June 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

John D. Smith was born in Nottingham in 1946. He attended Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he read Sanskrit and Hindi. In the early 1970s he held a research fellowship at Christ's College, Cambridge; this was followed by nine years as lecturer in Sanskrit at the School of Oriental and African Studies in the University of London. In 1984 he returned to Cambridge, where he is now emeritus Reader of Sanskrit. He has worked on both Sanskrit and modern Rajasthani, and his publications include The Visa?adevarasa: a restoration of the text (Cambridge, 1976) and The epic of Pabuji: a study, transcription and translation (Cambridge, 1991).