Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c11.10
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c11.10
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c11.10
ASSEMBLY HALL IN THE SABHĀ PARVA—The Sabhā Parva describes the assembly hall of Yudhishṭhira with five others, viz. Indra, Yama, Varuṇa, Kubera and Brahmā (Sabhā Parva, 6. 11). It is clearly stated there that the assemblage of motifs observed in the divine halls was present in the human assembly hall of Yudhishṭhira which was the best in the world of men (*Mānushe loke sarva-śreshṭhatamā*, Sabhā. 11. 42). There are several striking features in this description hinting at significant parallels :
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- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit