![]() ![]() Mahabharata over a millennium also reflects the evolution of ancient Indian society in northern India. It’s believed that the written form came into existence in the early centuries of the Common Era, perhaps a thousand years after its early versions emerged in the songs of the Sutas (the bards of Puranic stories) in the Gangetic valley. The epic’s oldest available written text is from the 16th century. Mahabharata to take today’s written form. ![]() Vyasa, he writes, could be the name of a series of writers, and it took hundreds of years for the Mahabharata as an unvaried religious text written by a single author. Elayidom.Įlayidom, like many of his predecessor-critics, doesn’t see the Vyasa could be the name of a series of writers, and it took hundreds of years for the ‘Mahabharata’ to take today’s written form, says Sunil P. ![]() (Stay up to date on new book releases, reviews, and more with The Hindu On Books newsletter. Mahabharata, from its text and form to its historical context and philosophy. Running into 973 pages, the book is divided into seven parts dealing with various aspects of the He has reworked the speeches and given references, notes and context for the book. Mahabharata speech series, which he delivered across Kerala from 2016 onwards. Rather, he takes bits and pieces from them all to build a new cultural narrative. Elayidom, who teaches Malayalam literature at Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, has not rejected the studies or works of fiction done before him. Mahabharata interpreters and retellers with his latest book in Malayalam, The Hindus: An Alternative History, which rebuilds the history of Hinduism from the point of view of the forgotten, draws extensively from both epics. American indologist Wendy Doniger’s 2009 book, Jha have studied the Puranas to understand the historical settings of ancient India. Sukthankar’sĬritical Edition of the Mahabharata (1927-33) is among the most comprehensive texts. Mahabharata from humanist and progressive perspectives, part of a larger Indian tradition of studying the epics to unearth their humanitarian side, literary values and underlying history. Literary and social critics, from Kuttikrishna Marar to P. Vasudevan Nair places Bhima at the centre of his Balakrishnan’s 1973 novelĪnd Now Let Me Sleep ) tells the tale of Karna from Draupadi’s perspective, M.T. Malayalam literature has a rich tradition of interpreting and retelling the ![]()
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