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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 ...
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]
Yuganta: The End of an Epoch is a book written by anthropologist Irawati Karve. [1] It is a critical analysis of the Mahabharata. The book was written in Marathi originally and was translated in English by W. Norman Brown. [2] It was translated into Nepali by Sujit Mainali and was published in October 2020 by Kathmandu-based publishing house ...
Mahabharata Manuscript illustration of the Battle of Kurukshetra Information Religion Hinduism Author Vyasa Language Sanskrit Period Principally compiled in 3rd century BCE–4th century CE Chapters 18 Parvas Verses 200,000 Full text Mahabharata at Sanskrit Wikisource Mahabharata at English Wikisource Part of a series on Hindu scriptures and texts Shruti Smriti List Vedas Rigveda Samaveda ...
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India composed by Veda Vyasa. At its heart lies the epic struggle between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The central characters include the five Pandava brothers—Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva—along with their wife Draupadi.
The novel narrates the story of Mahabharata mostly using monologue as a literary technique. Several principal characters found in the original Mahabharata reminisce almost their entire lives. Both the setting and the context for the reminiscence is the onset of the Kurukshetra War. The novel begins with a conversation in the court of Madra desha.
The Svargarohana Parva (book) traditionally has 6 adhyayas (chapters) and has no secondary parvas (sub-chapters). [1] It is the second shortest book of the epic. [5]After entering heaven, Yudhishthira is frustrated to find people in heaven who had sinned on earth.
The most comprehensive Marathi-English dictionaries was compiled by Captain James Thomas Molesworth and Major Thomas Candy in 1831. The book is still in print nearly two centuries after its publication. [7] [18] The colonial authorities also worked on standardizing Marathi under the leadership of Molesworth.