{"product_id":"many-mahabharatas-9781438482408","title":"Many Mahābhāratas (Suny Hindu Studies)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eMany Mahābhāratas\u003c\/i\u003e is an introduction to the spectacular and long-lived diversity of Mahābhārata literature in South Asia. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis diversity begins with the Sanskrit \u003ci\u003eMahābhārata\u003c\/i\u003e, an early epic poem that narrates the events of a catastrophic fratricidal war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, it draws in nearly everything else in Hindu mythology, philosophy, and story literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe magnitude of its scope and the relentless complexity of its worldview primed the Mahābhārata for uncountable tellings in South Asia and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor two thousand years, the instinctive approach to the Mahābhārata has been not to consume it but to create it anew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe many Mahābhāratas of this book come from the first century to the twenty-first. They are composed in nine different languages--Apabhramsha, Bengali, English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Tamil, and Telugu.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEarly chapters illuminate themes of retelling within the Sanskrit \u003ci\u003eMahābhārata\u003c\/i\u003e itself, demonstrating that the story's propensity for regeneration emerges from within.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe majority of the book, however, reaches far beyond the Sanskrit epic. Readers dive into classical dramas, premodern vernacular poems, regional performance traditions, commentaries, graphic novels, political essays, novels, and contemporary theater productions--all of them Mahābhāratas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause of its historical and linguistic breadth, its commitment to primary sources, and its exploration of multiplicity and diversity as essential features of the Mahābhārata's long life in South Asia, \u003ci\u003eMany Mahābhāratas\u003c\/i\u003e constitutes a major contribution to the study of South Asian literature and offers a landmark view of the field of Mahābhārata studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nell Shapiro Hawley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438482408\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39826693652595,"sku":"9781438482408","price":68.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7bc1dfac-ae07-4201-9de4-64f07561f317.jpg?v=1644553878","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/many-mahabharatas-9781438482408","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}