Divine Descent and the Four World-Ages in the Mahābhārata - or, Why Does the Kṛṣṇa Avatāra Inaugurate the Worst Yuga?

by Simon Brodbeck

This monograph approaches the Mahābhārata as a single work of literature, and the method is that of close textual study. Key verses are quoted in the original Sanskrit and in English translation. The title problem has been recognised before, but no detailed solution has been forthcoming. The monograph's objective is to try to articulate a Mahābhārata theology of time.

In Chapter 1, the monograph's argument and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911653393
• ISBN13: 9781911653394
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Ubiquity Press (Cardiff University Press)
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"