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Dhritarashtra (Nepali: धृतराष्ट्र) is a poetry book by Ghanshyam Kandel. It was published in 2016 by Airawati Prakashan. [1] It is a short epic in verse and retells the story of the Mahabharat through the eyes of the blind king of Hastinapur, Dhritarashtra. It won the prestigious Madan Puraskar, 2073 B.S. [2] [3]
Madhabi (Nepali: माधवी) is a 1983 Nepali mythological novel by Madan Mani Dixit. [1] It was published on 13 April 1983 by Sajha Prakashan, and won the Madan Puraskar (2039 BS) for the same year. [2] [3] It is a retelling of the story of Madhabi and Gallav from Mahabharata. Written in a grandiose setting, the novel depicts the economic ...
Madhavi is an Indian play written in Hindi by Bhisham Sahni. This is a play in three acts which recounts an ancient tale of Madhavi , daughter of king Yayati from Mahabharata . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Yojangandha (Nepali: योजनगन्धा) is a Nepali novel by Binod Prasad Dhital. [1] It was published in 1995 by Sajha Prakashan. The book is based on a character from Mahabharata, Satyawati. The book won the prestigious Madan Puraskar. [2] It is second book of the author who previously penned a regional novel called Ujyalo Hunu Aghi.
Cheerharan (Nepali: चीरहरण) is a 2016 Nepali mythological novel by Neelam Karki Niharika. It was published by Sangri-La Books and is the ninth book of the author. The book won the Padmashree Sahitya Puraskar for the same year. [1] The novel is a retelling of the Mahabharata epic. It shows the pain suffered by women in the political ...
Scholars note that the accounts in the classical Puranic literature suggest two distinct traditions regarding Ekalavya: one that aligns with the epic’s depiction of social hierarchy and exclusion, and another that seeks to reframe his origins as a Kshatriya (warrior class; second highest varna) to justify his participation in royal and martial traditions.
Ghatotkacha (Sanskrit: घटोत्कच, IAST: Ghaṭotkaca; lit. ' Bald Pot ') is a prominent character in the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata. [1] His name comes from the fact that his head was hairless (utkacha) and shaped like a ghatam, or a pot. [2]
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.