The Clay Sanskrit Library: Mahabharata

Epic: Mahabhrata The Mahabhrata tells the tale of the epic battle between the Pndavas and the Kuravas for the thrown. It begins with the famous game of dice between the Pndavas and the Kuravas, which sets the scene for the war that will lie at the center of the Mahabhrata epic. But even after the war is ostensibly over when the heroic but flawed king of the Kuravas is dishonorably defeated in battle by his arch enemy, the extended family is still wracked in conflict leaving survivors, victors and vanquished struggling to comprehend their loss. Perhaps the most enigmatic philosophical text from ancient India, the final book in the set, The Book of Liberation is presented as the teachings of Bhishma as he lies dying on the battlefield in the aftermath of war. Included in this set: Mahabhrata Book II: The Great Hall Translated by Paul Wilmot. 588 pages / 978-0-8147-9406-7 Mahabhrata Book III: The Forest Volume 4 Translated by William Johnson. 374 pages / 978-0-8147-4278-5 Mahabhrata Book IV: Virta Translated by Kathleen Garbutt. 516 pages / 978-0-8147-3183-3 Mahabhrata Book V: Preparations for War Volume 1 Translated by Kathleen Garbutt. Foreword by Gurcharan Das. 720 pages / 978-0-8147-3191-8 Mahabhrata Book V: Preparations for War Volume 2 Translated by Kathleen Garbutt. 760 pages / 978-0-8147-3202-1 Mahabhrata Book VI: Bhishma Translated by Alex Cherniak. Foreword by Ranajit Guha. Volume 1 (Including the Bhagavad Gita in Context) 615 pages / 978-0-8147-1696-0 Mahabhrata Book VI: Bhishma Volume 2 Translated by Alex Cherniak. 550 pages / 978-0-8147-1705-9 Mahabhrata Book VII: Drona Volume 1 Translated by Vaughan Pilikian. 473 pages / 978-0-8147-6723-8 Mahabhrata Book VII: Drona Volume 2 Translated by Vaughan Pilikian. 470 pages / 978-0-8147-6776-4 Mahabhrata Book VIII: Karna Volume 1 Translated by Adam Bowles 604 pages / 978-0-8147-9981-9 Mahabhrata Book VIII: Karna Volume 2 Translated by Adam Bowles. 684 pages / 978-0-8147-9995-6 Mahabhrata Book IX: Shalya Volume 1 Translated by Justin Meiland. 371 pages / 978-0-8147-5706-2 Mahabhrata Book IX: Shalya Volume 2 Translated by Justin Meiland. 470 pages / 978-0-8147-5737-6 Mahabhrata Books X & XI: Dead of the Night and The Women Translated by Kate Crosby. 350 pages / 978-0-8147-1727-1 Mahabhrata Book XII: Peace (Part 2: The Book of Liberation) Volume 3 Translated by Alex Wynne. 540 pages / 978-0-8147-9453-1