{"product_id":"after-the-war-9780197553404","title":"After the War","description":"\u003cem\u003eAfter the War\u003c\/em\u003e is a new translation of the final part of the Mahabharata, the great Sanskrit Epic poem about a devastating fraternal war. In this aftermath of the great war, the surviving heroes find various deaths, ranging from a drunken debacle in which they kill many of their own comrades\u003cbr\u003eto suicide through meditation and, finally, magical transportation to both heaven and hell. Bereaved mothers and widows on earth are comforted when their dead sons and husbands are magically conjured up from heaven and emerge from a river to spend one glorious night on earth with their loved ones.\u003cbr\u003eUltimately, the bitterly opposed heroes of both sides are reconciled in heaven, but only when they finally let go of the vindictive masculine pride that has made each episode of violence give rise to another. Throughout the text, issues of truth and reconciliation, of the competing beliefs in\u003cbr\u003evarious afterlives, and of the ultimate purpose of human life are debated. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis last part of the Mahabharata has much to tell us both about the deep wisdom of Indian poets during the centuries from 300 BCE to 300 CE (the dates of the recension of this enormous text) and about the problems that we ourselves confront in the aftermath of our own genocidal and internecine\u003cbr\u003ewars. The author, a distinguished translator of Sanskrit texts (including the\u003cem\u003e Rig Veda\u003c\/em\u003e, the\u003cem\u003e Laws of Manu\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eKamasutra\u003c\/em\u003e), puts the text into clear, flowing, contemporary prose, with a comprehensive but unintrusive critical apparatus. This book will delight general readers and enlighten students\u003cbr\u003eof Indian civilization and of great world literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Doniger Doniger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197553404\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40349958307955,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":35.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_16259662-8585-4708-8965-48958e1399d7.jpg?v=1660050166","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/after-the-war-9780197553404","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}