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In the epic's Stri Parva, Gandhari, the mother of Duryodhana (antagonist of the Mahabharata), describes the grief of women after the Kurukshetra War. The sorrow of a wife of Karna is also described by her. [1] Behold, the wife of Karna and mother of Vrishasena, is indulging in piteous lamentations and crying and weeping and falling upon the ground!
The oldest known version of the story of Savitri and Satyavan is found in Vana Parva (The Book of the Forest) of the Mahabharata. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The story occurs as an embedded narrative in the Mahabharata as told by sage Markandeya .
The Shanti Parva (Sanskrit: शान्ति पर्व; IAST: Śānti parva; "Book of Peace") is the twelfth of eighteen books of the Indian epic Mahabharata.It traditionally has three parts and 365 chapters.
Other version mentions different story, Draupadi started to pray to Krishna. Pleased with Draupadi's prayers, Krishna blessed her with the Akshaya Patra, a vessel that continually provides unlimited food every day, ceasing only once Draupadi, herself, had finished eating for the day.
Yayati is a 1959 Marathi-language historical novel by Indian writer V. S. Khandekar. One of Khandekar's best-known works, it retells the story of the historical Hindu king, Yayati, from the Hindu epic the Mahabharata. The novel has multiple narrators, and poses several questions on the nature of morality. Scholars have analysed its hero, Yayati ...
The second main motif - the loss of possessions in a game of dice - also appears several times in Indian literature: in addition to the story of Nala, it also occurs in the main plot of the Mahabharata (with which the Nala episode is set in analogy) and is also found in the "Song of Dice" [5] in the Rigveda, the oldest work of Indian literature.
Shivaji Sawant (31 August 1940 – 18 September 2002) was an Indian novelist in the Marathi language. He is known as Mrutyunjaykaar (meaning Author of Mrutyunjay) for writing the famous Marathi novel - Mrutyunjay. [1] He was the first Marathi writer to be awarded with the Moortidevi Award in 1994. [2]
S. Khandekar's Marathi novel, Yayati (1960), and Girish Karnad's debut play Yayati (1961) are based on the story of King Yayati found in the Mahabharat. [92] Bengali writer and playwright, Buddhadeva Bose wrote three plays set in Mahabharat, Anamni Angana , Pratham Partha and Kalsandhya . [ 93 ]