The complete text of Ganguli's translation is in the public domain and is available online. An early poetry translation by Romesh Chunder Dutt and published in 1898 condenses the main themes of the Mahābhārata into English verse.
Hermann Oldenberg supposed that the original poem must once have carried an immense "tragic force" but dismissed the full text as a "horrible chaos." Moritz Winternitz (Geschichte der indischen Literatur 1909) considered that "only unpoetical theologists and clumsy scribes" could have lumped the parts of disparate origin into an unordered whole. === Accretion and redaction === Research on the Mahābhārata has put an enormous effort into recognizing and dating layers within the text.
Smith and Sharon Maas. === Critical Edition === Between 1919 and 1966, scholars at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, compared the various manuscripts of the epic from India and abroad and produced the Critical Edition of the Mahabharata, on 13,000 pages in 19 volumes, followed by the Harivamsha in another two volumes and six index volumes.
Suman Pokhrel wrote a solo play based on Ray's novel by personalizing and taking Draupadi alone in the scene. Amar Chitra Katha published a 1,260-page comic book version of the Mahabharata. === In film and television === In Indian cinema, several film versions of the epic have been made, dating back to 1920.
Ancient Indian Historical Tradition, London 1922.
It was written in 1952, and won the prestigious Jnanpith award in 1972. == See also == Ramayana Hindu texts Kali Yuga Characters in the Mahabharata == References == == Sources == Badrinath, Chaturvedi.
The first important play of 20th century was Andha Yug (The Blind Epoch), by Dharamvir Bharati, which came in 1955, found in Mahabharat, both an ideal source and expression of modern predicaments and discontent.
Smith and Sharon Maas. === Critical Edition === Between 1919 and 1966, scholars at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, compared the various manuscripts of the epic from India and abroad and produced the Critical Edition of the Mahabharata, on 13,000 pages in 19 volumes, followed by the Harivamsha in another two volumes and six index volumes.
Prakashan, 1967 Witzel, Michael, Epics, Khilas and Puranas: Continuities and Ruptures, Proceedings of the Third Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanskrit Epics and Puranas, ed.
It was written in 1952, and won the prestigious Jnanpith award in 1972. == See also == Ramayana Hindu texts Kali Yuga Characters in the Mahabharata == References == == Sources == Badrinath, Chaturvedi.
Agam Prakashan, New Delhi 1976. Hiltebeitel, Alf.
Pratibha Ray wrote an award winning novel entitled Yajnaseni from Draupadi's perspective in 1984.
In the Western world, a well-known presentation of the epic is Peter Brook's nine-hour play, which premiered in Avignon in 1985, and its five-hour movie version The Mahābhārata (1989).
The Mahabharata, A Literary Study, Clarion Books, New Delhi 1985. Gupta, S.P.
A 2013 animated adaptation holds the record for India's most expensive animated film. In 1988, B.
Astrological Key in Mahabharata, David White (trans.) Motilal Banarsidass, New Delhi 1988. Mallory, J.
Mysticism of the Mahabharata, Yoga Research Foundation, Miami 1993. Katz, Ruth Cecily Arjuna in the Mahabharata, University of South Carolina Press, Columbia 1989. Lerner, Paule.
The Ritual of Battle, Krishna in the Mahabharata, SUNY Press, New York 1990. Hopkins, E.
This sarpasattra material was often considered an independent tale added to a version of the Mahābhārata by "thematic attraction" (Minkowski 1991), and considered to have a particularly close connection to Vedic (Brahmana) literature.
Mysticism of the Mahabharata, Yoga Research Foundation, Miami 1993. Katz, Ruth Cecily Arjuna in the Mahabharata, University of South Carolina Press, Columbia 1989. Lerner, Paule.
Motilal Banarsidass 1997. Sukthankar, Vishnu S.
Seer of the Fifth Veda, Krsna Dvaipayana Vyasa in the Mahabharata, Motilal Banarsidass, New Delhi 1999. Sutton, Nicholas.
Religious Doctrines in the Mahabharata, Motilal Banarsidass, New Delhi 2000. Utgikar, N.
Lal, is complete, and in 2005 began being published by Writers Workshop, Calcutta.
However, it has been described as "not strictly speaking a translation". A project to translate the full epic into English prose, translated by various hands, began to appear in 2005 from the Clay Sanskrit Library, published by New York University Press.
"Mahabharata" published by National Publications, India, 2007. J.
Later, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni wrote a similar novel entitled A Novel in 2008.
The completion of the publishing project is scheduled for 2010.
Volume 1: Adi Parva was published in March 2010, and the last two volumes were published in December 2014.
Prakash Jha directed 2010 film Raajneeti was partially inspired by the Mahabharata.
A 2013 animated adaptation holds the record for India's most expensive animated film. In 1988, B.
In the late 2013 Mahabharat was televised on STAR Plus.
Volume 1: Adi Parva was published in March 2010, and the last two volumes were published in December 2014.
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