Mahabharata: 15-Volume Set

Epic: Maha-bh rata

The Maha-bh rata tells the tale of the epic battle between the P ndavas and the K uravas for the throne. It begins with the famous game of dice between the P ndavas and the K uravas, which sets the scene for the war that will lie at the center of the Maha-bh rata epic. But even after the war is ostensibly over when the heroic but flawed king of the K uravas is dishonor-ably defeated in battle by his arch enemy, the extended family is still wracked in conflict leaving survivors, victors and vanquished struggling to comprehend their loss. Perhaps the most enigmatic philosophical text from ancient India, the final book in the set, "The Book of Liberation" is presented as the teachings of Bhishma as he lies dying on the bat-tlefield in the aftermath of war.

Included in this set:

Maha-bh rata Book II: The Great Hall
Translated by Paul Wilmot.
588 pages / 978-0-8147-9406-7

Maha-bh rata Book III: The Forest
Volume 4
Translated by William Johnson.
374 pages / 978-0-8147-4278-5

Maha-bh rata Book IV: Vir ta
Translated by Kathleen Garbutt.
516 pages / 978-0-8147-3183-3

Maha-bh rata Book V: Preparations for War
Volume 1
Translated by Kathleen Garbutt. Foreword by Gurcharan Das.
720 pages / 978-0-8147-3191-8

Maha-bh rata Book V: Preparations for War
Volume 2
Translated by Kathleen Garbutt.
760 pages / 978-0-8147-3202-1

Maha-bh rata Book VI: Bhishma
Translated by Alex Cherniak. Foreword by Ranajit Guha.
Volume 1 (Including the "Bhagavad Gita" in Context)
615 pages / 978-0-8147-1696-0

Maha-bh rata Book VI: Bhishma
Volume 2
Translated by Alex Cherniak.
550 pages / 978-0-8147-1705-9

Maha-bh rata Book VII: Drona
Volume 1
Translated by Vaughan Pilikian.
473 pages / 978-0-8147-6723-8

Maha-bh rata Book VII: Drona
Volume 2
Translated by Vaughan Pilikian.
470 pages / 978-0-8147-6776-4

Maha-bh rata Book VIII: Karna
Volume 1
Translated by Adam Bowles
604 pages / 978-0-8147-9981-9

Maha-bh rata Book VIII: Karna
Volume 2
Translated by Adam Bowles.
684 pages / 978-0-8147-9995-6

Maha-bh rata Book IX: Shalya
Volume 1
Translated by Justin Meiland.
371 pages / 978-0-8147-5706-2

Maha-bh rata Book IX: Shalya
Volume 2
Translated by Justin Meiland.
470 pages / 978-0-8147-5737-6

Maha-bh rata Books X & XI: "Dead of the Night" and "The Women"
Translated by Kate Crosby.
350 pages / 978-0-8147-1727-1

Maha-bh rata Book XII: Peace (Part 2: The Book of Liberation)
Volume 3
Translated by Alex Wynne.
540 pages / 978-0-8147-9453-1