Great Indian Epics

Author : Udayanath Sahoo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000506819
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Indian Epics written by Udayanath Sahoo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a number of seminal studies pre­sented at the International Conference on Great Indian Epics held in February 2019 at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi by scholars from various parts of the world. Each article adds a new dimension to the subject with historical scholarship and critical interpretation, reflecting compre­hensiveness, unity, clarity and rightness of perception. This definitive work adds to our knowledge of the epics and their infinite influence. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Author : R. K. Narayan
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9780140255645
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Indian Epics Retold written by R. K. Narayan and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2000 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Of India s Finest Novelists Retells The Two Great Indian Epics As Well As Some Well-Known Tales From Hindu Mythology And Folklore. While The Eleventh Century Tamil Poet Kamban s Version Inspires His Ramayana, Narayan S Mahabharata Is Based On Vyasa S Monumental Work. In Gods, Demons And Others, He Includes Stories From Kalidasa S Sanskrit Classic Abhijnana Shakuntalam, The Tamil Epic Silappadikaram, The Shiv Purana And The Devi Bhagwatam.

Author : R. K. Narayan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226568253
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gods, Demons, and Others written by R. K. Narayan and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1993-05-15 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following in the footsteps of the storytellers of his native India, R. K. Narayan has produced his own versions of tales taken from the Ramayana and the Mahabarata. Carefully selecting those stories which include the strongest characters, and omitting the theological or social commentary that would have drawn out the telling, Narayan informs these fascinating myths with his urbane humor and graceful style. "Mr. Narayan gives vitality and an original viewpoint to the most ancient of legends, lacing them with his own blend of satire, pertinent explanation and thoughtful commentary."—Santha Rama Rau, New York Times "Narayan's narrative style is swift, firm, graceful, and lucid . . . thoroughly knowledgeable, skillful, entertaining. One could hardly hope for more."—Rosanne Klass, Times Literary Supplement

Author : Shashi Tharoor
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1628721596
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Indian Novel written by Shashi Tharoor and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this award-winning novel, Tharoor has masterfully recast the two-thousand-year-old epic, The Mahabharata, with fictional but highly recognizable events and characters from twentieth-century Indian politics. Nothing is sacred in this deliciously irreverent, witty, and deeply intelligent retelling of modern Indian history and the ancient Indian epic The Mahabharata. Alternately outrageous and instructive, hilarious and moving, it is a dazzling tapestry of prose and verse that satirically, but also poignantly, chronicles the struggle for Indian freedom and independence.

Author : R. K. Narayan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022605747X
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mahabharata written by R. K. Narayan and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-02-12 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Narayan makes this treasury of Indian folklore and mythology readily accessible to the general reader . . . he captures the spirit of the narrative.”—Library Journal The Mahabharata tells a story of such violence and tragedy that many people in India refuse to keep the full text in their homes, fearing that doing so would invite a disastrous fate upon their house. Covering everything from creation to destruction, this ancient poem remains an indelible part of Hindu culture and a landmark in ancient literature. Centuries of listeners and readers have been drawn to The Mahabharata, which began as disparate oral ballads and grew into a sprawling epic. The modern version is famously long, and at more than 1.8 million words—seven times the combined lengths of the Iliad and Odyssey—it can be incredibly daunting. But contemporary readers have a much more accessible entry point to this important work, thanks to R. K. Narayan’s masterful, elegant translation and abridgement of the poem. Now with a new foreword by Wendy Doniger, as well as a concise character and place guide and a family tree, The Mahabharata is ready for a new generation of readers. Narayan ably distills a tale that is both traditional and constantly changing. He draws from both scholarly analysis and creative interpretation and vividly fuses the spiritual with the secular. Through this balance he has produced a translation that is not only clear, but graceful, one that stands as its own story as much as an adaptation of a larger work.

Author : Manjappa W
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Indian Epic Stories written by Manjappa W and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE GREAT INDIAN EPIC STORIESSTORIES OF RAMAYANA, MAHABHARATA, DIWALI, LORD KRISHNA, SHIVA, MARKANDEYA, DRUVA, TULSI.This is a book with many Hindu Mythology stories. We have collected a number of stories from the Indian Mythology about Gods Krishna, Shiva, Bheema and Demons, heroes and villains, their sacrifices and rewards, misdeeds and punishments, of good and evil. This book contains many numbers of beautiful illustrations. Through these narratives, we aim to enable teaching of values and ethics to our children and to keep their interest by the cleverly written story text.

Author : Kālidāsa
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814740088
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Birth of Kum_ra written by Kālidāsa and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2005-02 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bi-lingual Sanskrit/English classic rarely available.

Author : Devdutt Pattanaik
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780143424154
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Indian Epics written by Devdutt Pattanaik and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special gift edition brings together Devdutt Pattanaik's lavishly illustrated and immensely popular retellings of India's greatest epics - the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.Jay- An Illustrated Retelling of the MahabharataIn this entralling retelling, Devdutt Pattanaik seamlessly weaves into a single narrative plots from the Sanskrit classic as well as its many folk and regional variants. Richly illustrated with over 250 line drawings by the author, the 108 chapters abound with little-known details such as the names of the hundred Kauravas, the Mahabharata version of the Ramayana, and the dating of the war based on astronomical data. Jayareveals the eternal relevance of the Mahabharata, the complex and disturbing meditation on the human condition that has shaped Indian thought for over 3000 years. Sita- An Illustrated Retelling of the RamayanaDevdutt Pattanaik approaches Ram by speculating on Sita- her childhood with her father, Janaka, who hosted sages mentioned in the Upanishads; her stay in the forest with her husband, who had to be celibate ascetic while she was in the prime of her youth; her interactions with the women of Lanka, recipes she exchanged, emotions they shared; her connection with the earth, her mother, and with the trees, her sisters; her role as the Goddess, the untamed Kali as well as the demure Gauri, in transforming the stoic prince of Ayodhya into God.

Author : John Campbell Oman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780243639250
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Indian Epics written by John Campbell Oman and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Compbell Oman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Indian Epics written by John Compbell Oman and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: