Dhritarashtra

of King Subala, ruler of a vast area west of the river Sindhu (now called the Indus) extending to Kabul, Afghanistan. The main city was Gandhar (modern Kandahar). Grandsire Bhisma sent a proposal seeking her hand in marriage for Dhritarashtra. Subala knew that Dhritarashtra was blind, but thinking that an alliance with the powerful Kuru clan would be in the larger interest, agreed to the proposal. Gandhari accepted her father’s decision as a dutiful daughter. She wanted to experience blindness and

Abstract:The greatest Indian epic, “The Mahabharta” has resonated in the collective imaginations for millenniums owing to its universal themes. Having given the world the Bhagavad Gita, the story of Damayanti, an abbreviated version of the Ramayana, and the Rishyasringa, often considered as works in their own right, it is basically a story of men pursuing power and men who have wronged and have been wronged with. By virtue of this content, the author has tried to put forth her take on the grey characters

This paper explores the idea of feminism represented by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. The paper uses method of dialogism and second wave of feminism to critically examine palace of illusions. Walking back to the 1600 B.C and the longest poems of all time Mahabharata which consists of 1,00,000 versus of shlokas. Mahabharata itself means 'Great India'. The title first selected by the writer of Mahabharata, ved vyasa was 'Jaya' which means 'victory'.Mahabharata an Indian mythological epic is the most

Sandesh Pokharel The Political Propoganda of The Mahabharata The Mahabharata is an epic created around the time of fourth century BCE to fourth century CE by Krsna Dvaipayana. The story follows a generation of family in “northen India” (Dvaipayana, 1235). The main part of the story begins with Dhrtarastra, Pandu, and Vidura. Dhrtarashtra is denied his kingship for being blind, therefore the kingdom of Hastinapur falls into the hands of Pandu (1236). However, Pandu is cursed to die if he touches any

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Adi-Parva, First Book: The Origins of the Families The story opens as Sauti, a storyteller returning from the snake sacrifice of King Janamejaya, approaches several wise men, or rishis, in the forest of Naimisha. He relates to them the Mahabharata as he has heard it from Vaisampayana, a disciple of the poet Vyasa. Sauti begins by recounting the death of King Parikshit of the Bharatas at the hands of Takshaka, aNaga, or snake-man. King Janamejaya, Parikshit's son and successor, had held the snake

The Mahabharata (composed between 300 BC and 300 AD) has the honor of being the longest epic in world literature, 100,000 2-line stanzas (although the most recent critical edition edits this down to about 88,000), making it eight times as long as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey together, and over 3 times as long as the Bible (Chaitanya vii). According to the Narasimhan version, only about 4000 lines relate to the main story; the rest contain additional myths and teachings. In other words, theMahabharata resembles

Our two great epics are the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The Ramayana of Valmiki isthe original Ramayana. It is called Adikavya and Maharishi Valmiki is known as Adi Kavi.The Ramayana presents a picture of an ideal society.In this way, just to tell you what you are in for, here is an extremely concise synopsis of the Ramayana, the undertakings of ruler Rama. Rama is the child of Ruler Daśaratha, however he is likewise an incarnation of the god Vishnu, conceived in human structure to fight with the

depiction of Kunti highlights the part of "high cast and class ladies in oppressing their lower standing and class partners" (Mahanta 30). An old, fatigued, and world-tired Kunti has withdrawn into the woods with the visually impaired ruler Dhritarashtra, and his deliberately daze spouse Gandhari to anticipate their passing. In the wake of mitigating her obligations as

Composed ages ago, The Mahabharata still continues to be retold in various literary, graphic and visual media. In the hands of the postcolonial Indian English novelist the mythological past takes different shapes. Unlike retellings of previous centuries, these novels do not view the epic as a mere tussle between dharma and adharma. They re-narrate their past but from a different perspective. They demolish authority, stereotypes, icons and sexist values. This paper seeks to examine how notions of