One of India's finest novelists retells the two great Indian epics as well as some well-known tales from Hindu mythology and folklore. While the eleventh century Tamil poet Kamban's version inspires his Ramayana, Narayan's Mahabharata is based on Vyasa's monumental work. In Gods, Demons and Others, he includes stories from Kalidasa's Sanskrit classic Abhijnana Shakuntalam, the Tamil epic Silappadikaram, the Shiv Purana and the Devi Bhagwatam.
Pages
630
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books
Release
December 31, 2000
ISBN
0140255648
ISBN 13
9780140255645
The Indian Epics Retold: The Ramayana, The Mahabharata, Gods, Demons, And Others
One of India's finest novelists retells the two great Indian epics as well as some well-known tales from Hindu mythology and folklore. While the eleventh century Tamil poet Kamban's version inspires his Ramayana, Narayan's Mahabharata is based on Vyasa's monumental work. In Gods, Demons and Others, he includes stories from Kalidasa's Sanskrit classic Abhijnana Shakuntalam, the Tamil epic Silappadikaram, the Shiv Purana and the Devi Bhagwatam.