Mahabharata

THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE MAHABHARATA The role of women in the Mahabharata makes an interesting and fascinating study providing insight into the strengths and weaknesses of their character. In the Mahabharata, four women play pivotal role in the course of events. The men play dice and wage wars in Mahabharata, as anywhere else; but it is the women who hold power and influence. It is the women who direct the course of events and unconsciously determine the fate of men and their generations to follow

paper deals specifically with the character of Shikhandi, from the Mahabharata, in retellings of the epic. Indian mythology is a work in progress, that is to say a story, told and retold over generations, develops its own sub-plots, introduces new characters and relatable events and changes perspectives according to the storyteller. This is especially true of the epics oh Hindu mythology, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The Mahabharata reached its final form somewhere between 300 BCE and 300 CE. It

The epic Mahabharata is traditionally ascribed to the sage Vyasa. The Bhagavad Gita, being a part of the Mahabharata’s Bhishma Parva, is also ascribed to him. In Mahabharata, after Sanjaya, counsellor of the Kuru King Dhritarashtra returns from the battlefield to announce the death of Bhishma, he begins recounting the details of the Mahabharata war. Bhagavad Gita forms the content of this recollection. It begins before the start of the climactic Kurukshetra War. It comprises of 18 chapters and consists

A reimagining of the world-famous Hindu epic, the Mahabharata — told from the perspective of an amazing woman, Draupadi was a fearless princess of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The one with an unbending will. The Proud and wrathful heroine of the epic, Draupadi was an enigmatic woman of substance. Draupadi, meaning daughter of Drupad, was known by numerous other names as well. As the princess of the kingdom of Panchal she was known as Panchaali. She is also called Krishnaa because she was dark skinned

Mahābhārata has always been the dominant cultural text of Ancient Bhāratavarṣa to stir the imagination of different ages. In this article, I venture to study the interpretation of Mahābhārata and the Woman of Mahābhārata during Colonial Rule, with the intention to understand the dialogic process between a colonized culture and colonizer culture. As such, in this paper, with reference to Kunti’s portrayal in Romesh Chunder Dutt’s (1848-1909) Mahābhārata re-telling, I propose to study the Construction/Re-Construction

TOP 15 BOOKS ON MAHABHARATA Mahabharata is the longest epic poem ever written ans is one of the most important text of Hindu faith. The name itself explains it as the Takle of the Bharat Dynasty and is a mythological history of India. 1. The Palace of Illusions By Chitra Banarjee Divakaruni This book is a remagination of the famous Indian epic, the Mahabharata from the point of view of a strong woman- Paanchali, the wife of the legendary Pandavas brothers. Takes us back to the time that half history

Adi-Parva, First Book: The Origins of the Families The story opens as Sauti, a storyteller returning from the snake sacrifice of King Janamejaya, approaches several wise men, or rishis, in the forest of Naimisha. He relates to them the Mahabharata as he has heard it from Vaisampayana, a disciple of the poet Vyasa. Sauti begins by recounting the death of King Parikshit of the Bharatas at the hands of Takshaka, aNaga, or snake-man. King Janamejaya, Parikshit's son and successor, had held the snake

Walking back to the 1600 B.C and the longest poems of all time Mahabharata which consists of 1,00,000 versus of shlokas. Mahabharata itself means 'Great India'. The title first selected by the writer of Mahabharata, ved vyasa was 'Jaya' which means 'victory'.Mahabharata an Indian mythological epic is the most adopted modern fiction. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni chose Draupadi as a strong willed and determined character from Mahabharata as 'Sutradhar' in her novel the palace of illusions. Draupadi

concept of Hindu philosophy, "all the other principles and values flow from the beautiful fountain of Dharma" (Srinivasan n.d., 1). Consequently, the Hindu scriptures present many examples of its importance in a variety of ways. The two epics Mahabharata and Ramayana are particularly interesting in their presentation of dharma. Dharma is Sanskrit word with many different connotations that are mostly of ethical nature. Thus far, there has not been a parallel word found for it in English or any

achievement of desired happiness here (i.e. in this life) and hereafter by means of appropriate actions”. (Khan, Benjamin. The Concept of Dharma in Valmiki) Rama and Krishna have been set as perfect exemplars of Dharma in the texts of Ramayana and Mahabharata respectively. They are considered to be the reincarnations of God Visnu, a Supreme Being, and supposedly lived their lives according to the Dharmic (or right) way of life. However, the stories of Rama and Krishna in the texts include some of their