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.

Friday, March 20, 2015

BABANA BHUTA

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At a recent seminar on unwritten languages and oral myths, in a certain context, I referred to a bhuta (roughly, ghost) in Sarala Mah...
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

WHAT HAPPENED TO GANDIVA IN SARALA MAHABHARATA

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Is what a friend wanted to know. As the Pandavas were climbing up the cold Himalayas to submit themselves to death, they had no we...
Sunday, November 16, 2014

EKALAVYA, KIRATASENA AND JARA: THE STORY OF THREE FOREST DWELLERS

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Put these three unconnected stories in Sarala Mahabharata together and you see a connection. Together these tell us the moving story ...
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Thursday, November 13, 2014

KRISHNA AND THE WORLD HE CHOSE TO LIVE IN

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In this post I am not answering any questions about Krishna, although there are questions which I have to answer some day, but am tryi...
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