Maharbharata - The Great Hall

Klappentext The Great Hall relates some of the most seminal events of the epic, culminating in the famous game of dice between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The Pandavas, happily settled in Indra-prastha, enjoy one glorious success after another. Yudhi-shthira, after erecting the most magnificent hall on earth, decides to perform the Royal Consecration Sacrifice, which will raise his status to that of the world's greatest sovereign. His brothers travel far and wide and conquer all known kingdoms. Yet just when the Pandavas are beginning to seem invincible, Yudhi-shthira mysteriously gambles everything away in a fateful game of dice to his cousin Duryodhana. Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation For more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit http: //www.claysanskritlibrary.org Zusammenfassung The Pandavas! happily settled in Indraprastha! enjoy one glorious success after another. Yudhishthira! after erecting the most magnificent hall on earth! decides to perform the Royal Consecration Sacrifice! which will raise his status to that of the world's greatest sovereign. His brothers travel far and wide and conquer all known kingdoms.

Product details

• Authors: Hans Koning, Paul Wilmot, Paul (EDT) Wilmot
• Assisted by: Paul Wilmot (Translation)
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2006
• EAN: 9780814794067
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-9406-7
• No. of pages: 588
• Dimensions: 114 mm x 165 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Clay Sanskrit Library; Clay Sanskrit Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies