Mahabharata Discussion

Hi Baishali, Welcome! I think this group is shaping up nicely. I do agree the Ganguli version is too

Thanks, Baishali! That helps (but I still think I like the yahoo groups format better!). Pia-di

Ok, I accidentally clicked "Report Spam" on Anindya's last message and it has

I read one analysis of the MB regarding Amba (who in the literal story does tapasya, dies and is

> > Dumezil also drew attention to what I like to call the Trifunctional > Formula, which is

On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 7:37 AM, rajeev <rajeev....@gmail.com> wrote: Great post, Chris.

Hi Shampa, Welcome to the forum! Let's get some great discussion going! Anindya, welcome back! I

Hey: Check out the Partha-sarathy painting by Nandalal Bose that I just uploaded. Shows what i mean

Yuh, I fell for that one too :) The technical difference between who 'created it' and who

Agreed. I think I'll stick to the Ramesh Menon version for now -- I'd love to read Ganguli

There's a "Pages" link on the right side of the forum. If you click that, it should

I think portents have the effect of giving the impression that the story being told is already

What's just staggering is the realization that virtually EVERY darned story one reads as part of

So, you pro-Hindu dudes in Amerca REALLY need to come up with a nominal conversion ceremony to charm

Adi Parva is HUGE. Just get to the parts about how the pandavas and previous generations are born and

Hey: Tell them to jump in, why so shy ? Even if they just got their MB from amar-chitra-kathas or