The Mahabharata - An Ancient Hindu Epic - Devdutt Patanaik
The Mahabharata is an ancient Hindu epic, ten times the length of the Iliad and the Oyssey combined, entirely in Sanskrit verse, comprised of over 100,000 shloka (couplets) and extended prose passages, and detailing the stories of over one hundred characters. In keeping with UK poet laureate Andrew Motion’s statement some years ago, that everyone studying English Literature ought to be taught the bible in order to glean any understanding of literature and culture, I thought i