The Epic Booklist

The literature related to the Great Epic is legion – be it commentary, translation, adaptation, or literary criticism. We give but a tiny sample here—largely English works—in addition to the primary sources, which are in Sanskrit. Mahābhārata scholars differ in their view on several topics. Needless to say, we do not subscribe to all the opinions presented in the treatises and essays given below. We have enumerated them simply because they are worthwhile references.

Primary Sources [Sanskrit]

Shriman Mahābhāratam with Bharata Bhawadeepa by Nīlakaṇṭha. Poona: Chitrashala Press, 1929–36 [Chitrashala Edition]

Sriman Mahabharatam: A New Edition mainly based on The South Indian Texts (in 19 volumes). Eds. Krishnacharya, T R and Vyasacharya, T R. Bombay: Nirnaya-sagar Press, 1906–14 [Kumbhakonam Edition]

Śrīmanmaharṣi Vedavyāsapraṇīta Mahābhārata (in 6 volumes). Gorakhpur: Gita Press, 2015 [Gorakhpur Edition]

The Mahābhārata (in 19 volumes). Eds. Sukthankar, Vishnu S et al. Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 1933–66 [The Critical Edition]

The Mahābhārata (Southern Recension) (in 18 volumes). Ed. Sastri, P P S. Madras: V Ramaswamy Sastrulu and Sons, 1931–33 [Vavilla Press Edition]

 

Mahābhārata Commentaries [Sanskrit]

Caturdhara-vaṃśāvataṃsa-śrīman-nīlakaṇṭha-viracita-bhārata-bhāva-dīpākhya-ṭīkayā Sametam. Rāmacandraśāstrī Kiñjavaḍekara Ityetaiḥ Pāṭhāntara-ṭippaṇyādi-yojanayā Samalaṅkṛtam. New Delhi: Oriental Books Reprint Corporation, 1979

Caturdhara-vaṃśāvataṃsa-śrīman-nīlakaṇṭha-viracita-bhārata-bhāva-dīpākhya-ṭīkayā Sametam (in 9 volumes). Delhi: Nag Publishers, 1988–91

Jñānadīpikā-nāmni Mahābhārata-tātparya-ṭīkā Udyogaparva Deva-bodhācārya-kṛtam. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1944

Devabodha-kṛta-mahābhārata-tātparya-ṭīkā-jñānadīpikā Bhīṣmaparva-vyākhyānam. Ed. Belvalkar, S K. Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 1947

Śrī-devabodha-kṛta-mahābhārata-tātparya-ṭīkā Jñānadīpikā Sabhāparva-vyākhyānam. Ed. Karmakar, R. Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental
Research Institute, 1949

 

Complete Translations [English]

Ganguli, Kisari Mohan. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa. Ed. Roy, Protap Chandra. Calcutta: Bharata Press, 1883–96

A Prose English Translation of The Mahabharata. Tr. Dutt, Manmatha Nath. Calcutta: Elysium Press, 1895–1905

महा भारत The Mahābhārata of Vyāsa. Tr. Lal, P (and Bhattacharya, Pradip). Calcutta: Writers Workshop, 2005–17

The Mahabharata. Debroy, Bibek. New Delhi: Penguin Books India, 2010–14

 

Abridged Versions [English]

Dutt, Romesh Chunder. Mahābhārata, the Epic of Ancient India condensed into English Verse. London: J M Dent and Company, 1899

Krishnamacharya, N V R. The Mahabharata. Tirupati: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, 1983

Mahabharata (in 42 comic books). Chandrakant, Kamala et al. [Script] and Kadam, Dilip [Illustration] Ed. Pai, Anant. Bombay: India Book House, 1985–89 [Amar Chitra Katha]

Narasimhan, Chakravarthi V. The Mahābhārata: An English Version based on Selected Verses. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998

Narayan, R K. The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1978

Rajagopalachari, C. Mahabharata. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan: 1951

Rao, L S Sheshagiri. Sri Mahabharatha (in 4 volumes). Bangalore: M P Birla Foundation / Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 2001

Subramaniam, Kamala. Mahabharata. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1965

The Mahabharata: Condensed in the Poet’s Own Words. Ed. Srinivasachar, A M. Tr. Raghavan, V. Madras: G A Natesan & Co., 1935

 

Scholarly Writings

Argument and Design: The Unity of the Mahābhārata. Eds. Adluri, Vishwa and Bagchee, Joydeep. Leiden: Brill, 2006

Bühler, Georg and Kirste, Johann. Contributions to the History of the Mahabharata. Indian Studies, Vol. II. Vienna: F Tempsky, 1892

Chandra, Moti. Geographical and Economics Studies in the Mahābhārata: Upāyana Parva. Lucknow: The U P Historical Society, 1945

Essays on the Mahābhārata. Ed. Sharma, Arvind. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2011

Ganesh, ‘Śatāvadhānī’ R. Ārṣakāvyagaḻa Nuḍibèḍagu. Bengaluru: Vasantha Prakashana, 2020 [Kannada]

Gombach, Barbara. Ancillary Stories in the Sanskrit Mahābhārata. New York: Columbia University, 2000 [PhD Thesis]

Hiltebeitel, Alf. Rethinking the Mahabharata: A Reader’s Guide to the Education of the Dharma King. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001

Hiltebeitel, Alf. The Ritual of Battle: Krishna in the Mahābhārata. New York: SUNY Press, 1990

Kane, Pandurang Vaman. History of Dharmasāstra (in 5 volumes). Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 1930–62

Kodandaramayya, P. The Message of the Mahābhārata. Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 2004

Krishna Chaitanya [Nair, K K]. The Mahabharata: A Literary Study. New Delhi: Clarion Books, 1985

Lüders, Heinrich. Druckprobe einer kritischen Ausgabe des Mahābhārata. Leipzig: W Drugulin, 1908 [German]

Mazumdar, Subash. Who is Who in the Mahabharata. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan: 1990

Mohan, Vijneshu. Folkloristics of Mahābhārata. Delhi: B R Publishing Corporation, 2003

Mullick, Promatha Nath. The Mahabharata as a History and a Drama. London: W Thacke, 1938

Mullick, Promatha Nath. The Mahabharata as it was is and ever shall be: A Critical Study. Calcutta: Rai Promatha Nath Mullick Bahadur, 1934

Osho. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy. New Delhi: Jaico Books, 2015

Pusalker, A D. Studies in Epics and Purāṇas of India. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1955

Raghavan, K Srinivasa. The Date of the Maha Bharata War and the Kali Yugadhi. Tambaram: Prof. K Srinivasa Raghavan, 1969

Rajaram, N S. Search for the Historical Krishna. Bangalore: Prism Books, 2006

Ramaswamy, S R. Evolution of the Mahabharata and Other Writings on the Epic. Tr. Ravikumar, Hari and Bharadwaj, Arjun with Balakrishna, Sandeep. Bengaluru: Prekshaa Pratishtana, 2021

Sukthankar, V S. Critical Studies in the Mahābhārata. V S Sukthankar Memorial Edition, Vol. 2. Ed. Gode, P K. Poona: V S Sukthankar Memorial Edition Committee, 1944

Sukthankar, Vishnu Sitaram. On the Meaning of the Mahābhārata. Bombay: The Asiatic Society of Bombay, 1957

Sullivan, Bruce M. Seer of the Fifth Veda: Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa in the Mahābhārata. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1999

Thadani, N V. The Mahabharata. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 2013

Thadani, N V. The Mystery of the Mahabharata (in 5 volumes). Karachi: Bharat Publishing House, 1931–35

The Date of the Mahabharatha War – Based on Astronomical Data. Ed. Kamath, Suryanath U. Bangalore: The Mythic Society, 2004

Vaidya, R V. A Study of Mahabharata: A Research. Poona: A V G Prakashan, 1967

Winternitz, M. A History of Indian Literature. Vol. I, Part II. Tr. Ketkar, S. Calcutta: University of Calcutta, 1963

Yardi, M R. The Mahābhārata: Its Genesis and Growth. Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 1986

 

Academic Papers and Essays

Agrawala, V S. ‘The Mahābhārata – A Cultural Commentary.’ Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Vol. 37. Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 1956. pp. 1–26

Dandekar, R N. ‘The Mahābhārata: Origin and Growth.’ University of Ceylon Review, Vol. 12. Colombo: University of Ceylon, 1954. pp. 65–85

De, Sushil Kumar. Introduction to The Udyogaparvan, Being the Fifth Book of the Mahābhārata, the Great Epic of India. Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 1940

Edgerton, Franklin. Introduction to The Sabhāparvan, Being the Second Book of the Mahābhārata, the Great Epic of India. Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 1944

Gundappa, D V. ‘Mahābhāratada Pātragaḻu.’ D V G Kṛtiśreṇi, Vol. 1. Ed. Nayak, Ha Ma. Bangalore: Department of Kannada and Culture, 2013. pp. 364–429 [Kannada]

Hazra, R C. ‘The Aśvamedha, the common source of origin of the Purāṇa Pañca-Lakṣaṇa and the Mahābhārata.’ Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Vol. 36, No. 3/4. Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 1955. pp. 190–203

Shende, N J. ‘The Authorship of the Mahābhārata.’ Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Vol. 24, No. 1/2. Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 1943. pp. 67–82

Sukthankar, V S. ‘Notes on Mahabharata Commentators.’ Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Vol. 17. Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 1943. pp. 185–202

Sukthankar, V S. Prolegomena to The Ādiparvan, Being the First Book of the Mahābhārata, the Great Epic of India. Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 1933

Utgikar, N B. ‘Mention of the Mahābhārata in the Āśvalāyana gṛhya-sūtra.’ Proceedings and Transactions of the All-India Oriental Conference [held in November 1919 at Poona]. Vol. 2. Poona: All-India Oriental Conference, 1922. pp. 46–61

 

Lecture Series [Kannada]

Ganesh, ‘Śatāvadhānī’ R. Bhagavān Śrī Vedavyāsa Maharṣigaḻa Mahābhārata Vihāra (in 106 episodes). Bengaluru: Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs, 2020

Ganesh, ‘Śatāvadhānī’ R. Mahābhāratada Upākhyānagaḻu (in 10 episodes). Bengaluru: Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs, 2009

Ganesh, ‘Śatāvadhānī’ R. Mahābhāratada Pātragaḻu (in 27 episodes). Bengaluru: Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs, 2013–14

 

Creative Retelling or Analysis of the Epic

Bhagwat, Durga. Vyāsaparva. Mumbai: Mouj Prakashan Gruha, 2015 [Marathi]

Bhyrappa, S L. Parva. Bangalore: Sahitya Bhandara, 1979 [Kannada]

Karve, Irawati. Yuganta: The End of an Epoch. Hyderabad: Disha Books, 1991 [English; Marathi original]

Khandekar, Vishnu Sakharam. Yayāti. Poona: Mehta Publishing House, 1959 [Marathi]

Munshi, K M. Krishnavatara (in 7 volumes). Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1972

Sawant, Shivaji. Mṛtyuñjaya. Poona: Mehta Publishing House, 1967 [Marathi]

Sawant, Shivaji. Yugandhara. Poona: Mehta Publishing House, 2000 [Marathi]

 

Author(s)

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Arjun is a writer, translator, engineer, and enjoys composing poems. He is well-versed in Sanskrit, Kannada, English, Greek, and German languages. His research interests lie in comparative aesthetics of classical Greek and Sanskrit literature. He has deep interest in the theatre arts and music. Arjun has (co-) translated the works of AR Krishna Shastri, DV Gundappa, Dr. SL Bhyrappa, Dr. SR Ramaswamy and Shatavadhani Dr. R Ganesh

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Hari is an author, translator, editor, designer, and violinist with a deep interest in philosophy, education pedagogy, literature, and films. He has (co-)written/translated and (co-)edited some forty books, mostly related to Indian culture.

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சிவன். ராமன். கிருஷ்ணன்.
இந்திய பாரம்பரியத்தின் முப்பெரும் கதாநாயகர்கள்.
உயர் இந்தியாவில் தலைமுறைகள் பல கடந்தும் கடவுளர்களாக போற்றப்பட்டு வழிகாட்டிகளாக விளங்குபவர்கள்.
மனித ஒற்றுமை நூற்றாண்டுகால பரிணாம வளர்ச்சியின் பரிமாணம்.
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Yaugandharam

इदं किञ्चिद्यामलं काव्यं द्वयोः खण्डकाव्ययोः सङ्कलनरूपम्। रामानुरागानलं हि सीतापरित्यागाल्लक्ष्मणवियोगाच्च श्रीरामेणानुभूतं हृदयसङ्क्षोभं वर्णयति । वात्सल्यगोपालकं तु कदाचिद्भानूपरागसमये घटितं यशोदाश्रीकृष्णयोर्मेलनं वर्णयति । इदम्प्रथमतया संस्कृतसाहित्ये सम्पूर्णं काव्यं...

Vanitakavitotsavah

इदं खण्डकाव्यमान्तं मालिनीछन्दसोपनिबद्धं विलसति। मेनकाविश्वामित्रयोः समागमः, तत्फलतया शकुन्तलाया जननम्, मातापितृभ्यां त्यक्तस्य शिशोः कण्वमहर्षिणा परिपालनं चेति काव्यस्यास्येतिवृत्तसङ्क्षेपः।

Vaiphalyaphalam

इदं खण्डकाव्यमान्तं मालिनीछन्दसोपनिबद्धं विलसति। मेनकाविश्वामित्रयोः समागमः, तत्फलतया शकुन्तलाया जननम्, मातापितृभ्यां त्यक्तस्य शिशोः कण्वमहर्षिणा परिपालनं चेति काव्यस्यास्येतिवृत्तसङ्क्षेपः।

Nipunapraghunakam

इयं रचना दशसु रूपकेष्वन्यतमस्य भाणस्य निदर्शनतामुपैति। एकाङ्करूपकेऽस्मिन् शेखरकनामा चित्रोद्यमलेखकः केनापि हेतुना वियोगम् अनुभवतोश्चित्रलेखामिलिन्दकयोः समागमं सिसाधयिषुः कथामाकाशभाषणरूपेण निर्वहति।

Bharavatarastavah

अस्मिन् स्तोत्रकाव्ये भगवन्तं शिवं कविरभिष्टौति। वसन्ततिलकयोपनिबद्धस्य काव्यस्यास्य कविकृतम् उल्लाघनाभिधं व्याख्यानं च वर्तते।

Karnataka’s celebrated polymath, D V Gundappa brings together in the third volume, some character sketches of great literary savants responsible for Kannada renaissance during the first half of the twentieth century. These remarkable...

Karnataka’s celebrated polymath, D V Gundappa brings together in the second volume, episodes from the lives of remarkable exponents of classical music and dance, traditional storytellers, thespians, and connoisseurs; as well as his...

Karnataka’s celebrated polymath, D V Gundappa brings together in the first volume, episodes from the lives of great writers, poets, literary aficionados, exemplars of public life, literary scholars, noble-hearted common folk, advocates...

Evolution of Mahabharata and Other Writings on the Epic is the English translation of S R Ramaswamy's 1972 Kannada classic 'Mahabharatada Belavanige' along with seven of his essays on the great epic. It tells the riveting...

Shiva-Rama-Krishna is an English adaptation of Śatāvadhāni Dr. R Ganesh's popular lecture series on the three great...

Bharatilochana

ಮಹಾಮಾಹೇಶ್ವರ ಅಭಿನವಗುಪ್ತ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ವಿದ್ಯಾವಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಮರೆಯಲಾಗದ ಹೆಸರು. ಮುಖ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಶೈವದರ್ಶನ ಮತ್ತು ಸೌಂದರ್ಯಮೀಮಾಂಸೆಗಳ ಪರಮಾಚಾರ್ಯನಾಗಿ  ಸಾವಿರ ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಂದ ಇವನು ಜ್ಞಾನಪ್ರಪಂಚವನ್ನು ಪ್ರಭಾವಿಸುತ್ತಲೇ ಇದ್ದಾನೆ. ಭರತಮುನಿಯ ನಾಟ್ಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರವನ್ನು ಅರ್ಥಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಇವನೊಬ್ಬನೇ ನಮಗಿರುವ ಆಲಂಬನ. ಇದೇ ರೀತಿ ರಸಧ್ವನಿಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತವನ್ನು...

Vagarthavismayasvadah

“वागर्थविस्मयास्वादः” प्रमुखतया साहित्यशास्त्रतत्त्वानि विमृशति । अत्र सौन्दर्यर्यशास्त्रीयमूलतत्त्वानि यथा रस-ध्वनि-वक्रता-औचित्यादीनि सुनिपुणं परामृष्टानि प्रतिनवे चिकित्सकप्रज्ञाप्रकाशे। तदन्तर एव संस्कृतवाङ्मयस्य सामर्थ्यसमाविष्कारोऽपि विहितः। क्वचिदिव च्छन्दोमीमांसा च...

The Best of Hiriyanna

The Best of Hiriyanna is a collection of forty-eight essays by Prof. M. Hiriyanna that sheds new light on Sanskrit Literature, Indian...

Stories Behind Verses

Stories Behind Verses is a remarkable collection of over a hundred anecdotes, each of which captures a story behind the composition of a Sanskrit verse. Collected over several years from...