Sarala Mahabharat

Here I will post some short pieces on Sarala Mahabharata. Sarala Das is known as the "aadikavi" (the first poet) of Oriya Literature. He lived and wrote in the 15th Century. Mahabharat is his magnum opus. The episodes in Sarala's Mahabharat are significantly different from those in Vyasa's (Sanskrit) Mahabharat. Some of these posts have been translated into French, German and Hindi.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

ON VIRTUOUS LIVING ACCORDING TO LAKSHMI PURANA

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Lakshmi Purana has two parts; the first part is the poor, low-caste woman Shriya’s story and the second, goddess Lakshmi’s (and her consort...
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Friday, October 14, 2011

ON TWO LAKSHMI-CENTRED DISCOURSES IN ODIA

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There are quite a few tales and practices in Odia associated with goddess Lakshmi. Here we deal with two of these: one, Lakshmi Puran , a ta...
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Monday, September 13, 2010

THE END OF ASWASTHAMA'S STORY

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In Vyasa Mahabharata, Aswasthama, guru Drona’s son, was cursed by Krishna to undergo a terrible fate: for three thousand years, with a gap...
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Friday, May 7, 2010

THE SECOND GAME OF DICE

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After this the Pandavas went into exile – for thirteen long years. And it all happened like this: The defeat in the game of dice had hurt Yu...
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Monday, March 22, 2010

HOW THE GAME OF DICE BEGAN

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His brothers had gone with Krishna to Dwarika, and Yudhisthira was in Varunavanta with mother Kunti and wife, Draupadi. All of a sudden, as ...
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Monday, March 23, 2009

WHEN BHISHMA AND ARJUNA FACED EACH OTHER IN THE BATTLEFIELD

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The Kurukshetra war had already started. Bhishma had assured Duryodhana that he would kill the Pandavas in the war. Yudhisthira had gone to ...
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Thursday, March 19, 2009

THE LAST PROPOSAL TO AVOID WAR

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In Saaralaa Mahaabhaarata it came from Sakuni. On the eve of the Kurukshetra war. Duryodhana had sent him to the Pandavas with the message ...
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