The book can become very preachy at times which I felt was the only shortcoming I could point out. This provided a fresh perspective on different ways the same war was retold. At the end of each chapter, in bullet points, the author explains his ideology, state of balance and duality noticed in Hindu epics and/or retellings from different folklores surrounding this war and from different languages. There are 18 parts to this book while the there are total of 108 chapters. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices.
It includes tales not just from the classical Sanskrit but also from regional and folk variants from across India and even South East Asia. Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata - Ebook written by Devdutt Pattanaik. In this book, the whole Mahabharata is presented systematically in 18 sections. Then the author proves that this war might have taken place in Vedic times because Kunti and Madri invoke Surya, Indra, Yama, Vayu and Ashwin Twins (Vedic God’s) rather than Brahma, Vishnu or Shiva (their importance was established after Vedic ages). Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata is written by Devendra Patnaik. Narahari Achar of the Dept of Physics, Memphis University, USA in dating the epic using the Planetarium software. This retelling puts the Mahabharata in a more neutral perspective by the use of simple language.Īlso the interesting fact of this book was to use the dates provided by B.N. When a book is a retelling of Mahabharata, the stakes are already high because it is an epic. That is Vyasa's central message in Mahabharata.Book Name: Jaya – An Illustrated Retelling of Mahabharata Krishna shows how one needs to be "Fisherman" in both Internal-External Reality to win in the battle of Survival. The Pandavas are the Small Fish, and it is Krishna who take their side to suggest and implement Policy that ultimate enable the Pandavas to defeat the Big Fish Kauravas. In this book I will show how Mahabharata exemplifies that System through the Kuru-Pandava political war. The Matsyanyaya Imagery is actually an Imagery of Power and is a part of our Existential Reality. Then there is the Fisherman who is apparently 'outside' the System, but in fact, very much part of it. It is a Struggle for Existence for the Small Fish which is less in Power to the Big Fish. Book excerpt: "Matsyanyaya" is an ancient Indian word that connotes roughly "Law of Fishes." "Law of Fishes" means a System of Fishes in which Big-Fishes kill Small-Fishes at will for Food or for Pleasure. This book was released on 20 February 2013 with total page null pages. Download or read book entitled Mahabharata: Matsyanyaya Game of Power written by Indrajit Bandyopadhyay and published by Lulu Press, Inc online.
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