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, June 22, 2018

MORE ON ABHIMANYU'S DEATH

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Sahadeva was not the one who volunteered to tell anyone what would happen, in Sarala Mahabharata as well. He knew the past and the futur...
Wednesday, June 6, 2018

ABHIMANYU'S DEATH

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In the name of Krishna, whose devotee he was, guru Drona had promised the suppliant that he would give her whatever she wanted from him. ...
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Tuesday, May 22, 2018

French, German and Hindi translations of this blog

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Some posts from this blog have been translated into French (by Gilles Schaufelberger, http://www.utqueant.org/net/telech.html ), German (b...
Monday, March 26, 2018

"Language Matters"

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My book "Language Matters" (132 pages) was published last month (by Dhauli Books, Bhubaneswar). It's a collection of 32 shor...
Saturday, February 24, 2018

DIVYA CHAKSU

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In Vyasa Mahabharata , Sanjaya had divya chaksu – divine (“special, extraordinary” in this context) vision – bestowed on him by the grea...
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Thursday, January 25, 2018

THE STORY OF BABANA BHUTA

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(This story is remarkable in that it connects the loka katha  (folk literature) with the classical in a fascinating and non-intrusive man...
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Saturday, August 19, 2017

THE STORY OF A BLESSING BY MISTAKE

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After Bhishma withdrew, obeying Krishna, the divine arrows he had shot to kill Arjuna, he asked the avatara, still on his chariot, why he ...
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