The Mahābhārata And Dharma Discourse

Author : Nitin Malhotra
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781527560949

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The Mahābhārata and Dharma Discourse by Nitin Malhotra Pdf

This compact and engaging text provides unique insights into the issues of ‘dharma’ in the Indian epic the Mahābhārata. The word ‘dharma’ is untranslatable and usually mistaken to mean religion. However, as argued here, it is evident through the tales of the epic that the word ‘dharma’ is an umbrella term for all the deeds one does in one’s life. Each chapter of this book is expository, as well as explanatory, providing examples through the tales of the Mahābhārata. The book will be of great interest to research scholars, Indologists and commentators, through its use of tales, narratives, parables, and fables as evidence for understanding the issues of dharma embedded in the Mahābhārata.

Author : Sibesh Chandra Bhattacharya,Vrinda Dalmiya,Gangeya Mukherji
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351061407

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Exploring Agency in the Mahabharata by Sibesh Chandra Bhattacharya,Vrinda Dalmiya,Gangeya Mukherji Pdf

The Mahabharata, one of the major epics of India, is a sourcebook complete by itself as well as an open text constantly under construction. This volume looks at transactions between its modern discourses and ancient vocabulary. Located amid conversations between these two conceptual worlds, the volume grapples with the epic’s problematisation of dharma or righteousness, and consequently, of the ideal person and the good life through a cluster of issues surrounding the concept of agency and action. Drawing on several interdisciplinary approaches, the essays reflect on a range of issues in the Mahabharata, including those of duty, motivation, freedom, selfhood, choice, autonomy, and justice, both in the context of philosophical debates and their ethical and political ramifications for contemporary times. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers engaged with philosophy, literature, religion, history, politics, culture, gender, South Asian studies, and Indology. It will also appeal to the general reader interested in South Asian epics and the Mahabharata.

Author : Ami Ganatra
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789356407206

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Mahabharata Unravelled - II by Ami Ganatra Pdf

The first volume of Mahabharata Unravelled covered the itihasa of our ancestors true to the narration of Rishi Veda Vyasa. But the Mahabharata is more than a story of the past. It has extensive discourses on ethics, personal and social interaction, administration, jurisprudence and related topics, in the form of conversations. For instance, the Shanti Parva, the largest of the 18 parvas, is a treatise on Raja Dharma. Advice on the responsibilities and duties of leaders and administrators is imparted to Yudhishthira by Bhishma from his bed of arrows on the field of war. Then there is a profound dialogue between Dhritarashtra and the erudite Vidura that appears in Udyoga Parva, popularly known as Vidura Neeti. Likewise, there is a thought-provoking story narrated by Rishi Markandeya to the Pandavas of a meat-seller who teaches dharma to a Brahmin named Kaushika. In this book, Ami Ganatra highlights the most important lessons from the Dharma discourses found in the Mahabharata. Their teachings hold true even in current times, perhaps more so than ever.

Author : Emily T. Hudson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199860760

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Disorienting Dharma by Emily T. Hudson Pdf

This book explores the relationship between ethics, aesthetics, and religion in classical Indian literature and literary theory by focusing on one of the most celebrated and enigmatic texts to emerge from the Sanskrit epic tradition, the Mahabharata. This text, which is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important sources for the study of South Asian religious, social, and political thought, is a foundational text of the Hindu tradition(s) and considered to be a major transmitter of dharma (moral, social, and religious duty), perhaps the single most important concept in the history of Indian religions. However, in spite of two centuries of Euro-American scholarship on the epic, basic questions concerning precisely how the epic is communicating its ideas about dharma and precisely what it is saying about it are still being explored. Disorienting Dharma brings to bear a variety of interpretive lenses (Sanskrit literary theory, reader-response theory, and narrative ethics) to examine these issues. One of the first book-length studies to explore the subject from the lens of Indian aesthetics, it argues that such a perspective yields startling new insights into the nature of the depiction of dharma in the epic through bringing to light one of the principle narrative tensions of the epic: the vexed relationship between dharma and suffering. In addition, it seeks to make the Mahabharata interesting and accessible to a wider audience by demonstrating how reading the Mahabharata, perhaps the most harrowing story in world literature, is a fascinating, disorienting, and ultimately transformative experience.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044010672798

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The Song Celestial, Or, Bhagavad-gîtâ (from the Mahâbhârata) Being a Discourse Between Arjuna, Prince of India, and the Supreme Being Under the Form of Krishna by Anonim Pdf

Author : Abheda Nanda Bhattacharya
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Hindu ethics
ISBN : UCAL:B3897495

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Dharma-adharma and Morality in Mahābhārata by Abheda Nanda Bhattacharya Pdf

An Analysical Study Of The Problem Of Dharma-Adharma, God And Human Action, Humanism, Morals, Womanhood Set. A Scholarly Work And The Moral Philosophy Of Mahabharata. 9 Chapters And An Index.

Author : Edwin Arnold
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788027237067

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Bhagavad Gita by Edwin Arnold Pdf

The Bhagavad Gita ("Song of the Lord"), often referred to as simply the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture in Sanskrit that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The Gita is set in a narrative framework of a dialogue between Pandava prince Arjuna and his guide and charioteer Krishna. Facing the duty as a warrior to fight the Dharma Yudhha or righteous war between Pandavas and Kauravas, Arjuna is counselled by Krishna to "fulfill his Kshatriya (warrior) duty as a warrior and establishing Dharma." The Bhagavad Gita presents a synthesis of the Brahmanical concept of Dharma, theistic bhakti, the yogic ideals of moksha through jnana, bhakti, karma, and Raja Yoga and Samkhya philosophy. Sir Edwin Arnold (1832 - 1904) was an English poet and journalist. His chief work with this object is The Light of Asia, which was translated into various languages such as Hindi.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004311404

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Argument and Design: The Unity of the Mahābhārata by Anonim Pdf

Argument and Design features fifteen essays by leading scholars of the Sanskrit epics, the Mahābhārata and the Rāmāyaṇa, discussing the Mahābhārata’s upākhyānas, subtales that branch off from the central storyline and provide vantage points for reflecting on it.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Hinduism
ISBN : UOM:39015005763407

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The Song Celestial by Anonim Pdf

Author : Edwin Arnold
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : EAN:8596547804765

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The Song Celestial or Bhagavad-Gita: Discourse Between Arjuna, Prince of India, and the Supreme Being Under the Form of Krishna by Edwin Arnold Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Song Celestial or Bhagavad-Gita: Discourse Between Arjuna, Prince of India, and the Supreme Being Under the Form of Krishna" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Bhagavad Gita ("Song of the Lord"), often referred to as simply the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture in Sanskrit that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The Gita is set in a narrative framework of a dialogue between Pandava prince Arjuna and his guide and charioteer Krishna. Facing the duty as a warrior to fight the Dharma Yudhha or righteous war between Pandavas and Kauravas, Arjuna is counselled by Krishna to "fulfill his Kshatriya (warrior) duty as a warrior and establishing Dharma." The Bhagavad Gita presents a synthesis of the Brahmanical concept of Dharma, theistic bhakti, the yogic ideals of moksha through jnana, bhakti, karma, and Raja Yoga and Samkhya philosophy. Sir Edwin Arnold (1832 - 1904) was an English poet and journalist. His chief work with this object is The Light of Asia, which was translated into various languages such as Hindi. "So have I read this wonderful and spirit-thrilling speech, By Krishna and Prince Arjun held, discoursing each with each; So have I writ its wisdom here,--its hidden mystery, For England; O our India! as dear to me as She!" - Edwin Arnold

Author : Ami Ganatra
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789354351334

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Mahabharata Unravelled by Ami Ganatra Pdf

Millennia have passed since the dharma yudhha of the cousins shook the land of Bharata. But this history of our ancestors continues to fascinate us. Even today, we have passionate discussions about the people and their actions in the epic, fervidly defending our favourites and denouncing others. The number of works on the Mahabharata-adaptations, retellings and fiction-that still get written is a testimony to its enduring relevance. While the general storyline is largely known, a lot of questions and myths prevail, such as-What was the geographical extent of the war? Did Drona actually refuse to take on Karna as his disciple? What were Draupadi's responsibilities as the queen of Indraprastha? Did she ever mock Duryodhana? Were the women in the time of the Mahabharata meek and submissive? What were the names of the war formations during the time? What role did the sons of the Pandavas play? Does the south of India feature at all in the Mahabharata? What happened after the war? These and many other intriguing questions continue to mystify the contemporary reader. Author Ami Ganatra debunks myths, quashes popular notions and offers insights into such aspects not commonly known or erroneously known, based solely on facts as narrated in Vyasa's Mahabharata from generally accepted authentic sources. For a history of such prominence and influence as the Mahabharata, it is important to get the story right. So pick this book up, sit back and unveil the lesser-known facts and truths about the great epic.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Poetry
ISBN : EAN:4057664101082

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The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gîtâ (from the Mahâbhârata) by Anonymous Pdf

This is a sacred Hindu text that recounts a conversation between the warrior Arjuna and the god Krishna. This book delves into themes such as virtue, knowledge, and renunciation. It provides insights into Hindu philosophy and serves as a guide for living a spiritual life. This book also provides insight into the ancient wisdom of India.

Author : Nicholas Sutton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8120817028

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Religious Doctrines in the Mahābhārata by Nicholas Sutton Pdf

REVIEWS: ...it explores a certain discourse rather than expounding a single dogmas ... extremely useful to have materials from the whole epic so carefully assembled and compared. -- Journal of Royal Asiatic Society This is an

Author : Krishna Chaitanya
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Mahābhārata
ISBN : UVA:X001012016

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The Mahabharata by Krishna Chaitanya Pdf

Author : Patrick Olivelle
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1999-09-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780192838827

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The Dharmasutras by Patrick Olivelle Pdf

"The law codes of ancient India"--Cover.