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The ancient Indian Sanskrit tradition produced no text more intriguing, or more persistently misunderstood or underappreciated, than the Mahabharata. Its intric
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Alf Hiltebeitel Offers A Unique Model For Understanding The Great Epic And Attempts To Discern The Spirit And Techniques Behind Its Composition. The Volume Will
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-10-30 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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The ancient Indian Sanskrit tradition produced no text more intriguing, or more persistently misunderstood or underappreciated, than the Mahabharata. Its intric
Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics
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