The Moral Imagination of the Mahabharata

by Nikhil Govind

The Mahabharata, one of the most popular epics, has had a remarkable impact on literary and cultural thought in India through the centuries. It is also of immense religious and philosophical importance and is considered itihasa, literally 'that which happened', or sacred history. Though the setting of the Mahabharata is distant in time, something of its indefatigable, insistent formulation of the pivotal dilemmas of our shared human moral...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9393715815
• ISBN13: 9789393715814
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic India
• Length: 172 Pages