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Mahābhārata --- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Epic literature, Sanskrit --- Sanskrit epic literature --- Sanskrit literature --- History and criticism. --- Karṇa --- Anga-Raja --- Rādheya --- Sutaputra --- Vasusena --- Mahābhārata --- Makhabkharata --- Mahabarat --- Mahabarātah --- Characters. --- In literature. --- Karṇa (Hindu mythology) in literature. --- Karma in art. --- Karna (Hindu mythology) in literature. --- Mahabharata

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So Bhisma, the son of Samtanu, Grand-father of the Bharatas, Learned, a knower of time and place, knower of truth, aware of all dharmaA plethora of complex and nuanced characters populate the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata. One in particular stands tall even today as the face of moral authority Bhisma Devavrata, the eldest of the Kuru clan. In this book, the prolific scholar of Indic and Greek classics, Kevin McGrath, studies in microscopic detail the authority of this pitamaha, ‘grand-father’/patriarch and explores why he still resonates with 21st century India. Does Bhīṣma leave a lasting impression on us because of his steadfast loyalty and maintaining of vows, even when dharma dictates that he do otherwise? Or, if we could challenge conventional wisdom, is it because Bhisma (and not Arjuna) is the sole recipient and embodiment of cosmic inspiration from Krishna?Relying on close and careful readings of the Bombay and Pune Critical editions of the grand epic and drawing mainly on the text of the latter, this book describes the manner in which Bhisma negotiates the tortuous path of honourable and principled living. It describes how Bhisma’s express decisions pave the way for the collapse of his clan and the partition of the kingdom, despite his consistent efforts to prevent it. This book is the first study to view Bhisma as a hero and moral authority. This elegant literary exploration into one of the world’s great epics will interest students and scholars of South Asian studies, cultural studies and the classics.

Bhīṣma - (Hindu mythological character)

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In Raja Yudhisthira, Kevin McGrath brings his comprehensive literary, ethnographic, and analytical knowledge of the epic Mahabharata to bear on the representation of kingship in the poem. He shows how the preliterate Great Bharata song depicts both archaic and classical models of kingly and premonetary polity and how the king becomes a ruler who is viewed as ritually divine. Based on his precise and empirical close reading of the text, McGrath then addresses the idea of heroic religion in both antiquity and today; for bronze-age heroes still receive great devotional worship in modern India and communities continue to clash at the sites that have been-for millennia-associated with these epic figures; in fact, the word hero is in fact more of a religious than a martial term.One of the most important contributions of Raja Yudhisthira, and a subtext in McGrath's analysis of Yudhisthira's kingship, is the revelation that neither of the contesting moieties of the royal Hastinapura clan triumphs in the end, for it is the Yadava band of Krsna who achieve real victory. That is, it is the matriline and not the patriline that secures ultimate success: it is the kinship group of Krsna-the heroic figure who was to become the dominant Vaisnava icon of classical India-who benefits most from the terrible Bharata war.

Kings and rulers in literature. --- Yudhiṣṭhira (Hindu mythological character) --- Yudhiṣṭhira --- Mahābhārata --- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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This personal narrative about life in a remote desert region of Western India tells of how love of place and love of person find their equilibrium in a world far removed from modernity. Yet this small, distant land of kingship and pastoral life is rapidly being eroded by the new India of commerce and industrialization. The author describes how an ancient society is transformed by the culture of consumption where the lyrical beauty of balance, exchange and loyalty is translated into a single market economy. The people and places of post-Partition Kacch, where even the land and value systems of

Love --- Social change --- McGrath, Kevin, --- Travel --- Kachchh (India) --- Description and travel. --- History, Local. --- Social life and customs. --- Social conditions.