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Anonymous, John D. Smith. The Mahabharata . London: Penguin Classics, 2009.
Alf Hiltebitel. Reading the Fifth Veda: Studies on the Mahabharata . Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill, 2011.
Lourens Minnema. Tragic Views of the Human Condition . New York: Bloomsbury, 2013.
V.S. Sukthankar. Critical Studies in the Mahabharata . Bombay: Karnatak House, 1944.
V.S. Sukthankar. On the Meaning of the Mahabharata . Bombay: The Asiatic Society of Bombay, 1957.
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Beginnings, The Hall, and The Forest
: Virata, Perseverance, and Bhisma
Drona, Karna, and Salya
The Night-Raid, The Woman, and Tranquility
Instruction, The Horse Sacrifice, The Hermitage
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Lord Vishnu has several avatars, and it is believed that he can take more than one avatar simultaneously. Thus, his omnipotence allows him to take on whatever form he wishes.... whenever he likes.
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The Game of Dice was the traumatic turning point and had a crucial significance in the great epic Mahabharata because if there would have been no Game of Dice there would have been no disgrace and humiliation of the Pandavas and molestation of...
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