Tag: Vyasa

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Book 1 Adi Parva


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English | ISBN: 153535402X | 2016 | 524 pages | EPUB | 1072 KB
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Ramayana. Besides its epic narrative of the Kurukshetra War and the fates of the Kauravas and the Pandava princes, the Mahabharata contains much philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the four "goals of life" or purusharthas.

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Krishna’s Lineage The Harivamsha of Vyasa’s Mahabharata


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English | ISBN: 0190279176 | 2019 | 462 pages | AZW3 | 2 MB
Forming the final part of the Sanskrit Mahabharata, the Harivamsha’s main business is to supply narrative details about the great god Vishnu’s avatar Krishna Vasudeva, who has been a comparatively minor character in the previous parts of the Mahabharata, despite having taken centre stage in the Bhagavad Gita.

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