The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin
Mahābhārata: parallels with other literature, philosophical systems in the epic, the epic's relation to the Vedas and Pāṇini, an exhaustive analysis of epic metre (śloka, triṣṭubh), and stages of growth.
- Language
- English
- Author
- E. W. Hopkins
- Extent
- 2,791 passages, 157,965 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · New York: Scribner's, 1901; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by Gemini… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (E. Washburn Hopkins †1932); published before 1931:…
Contents
- c1 Front matter — 15 parts
- c2 Preface — 10 parts
- c3 Abbreviations — 3 parts
- c4 Chapter One. Literature Known to the Epic Poets — 13 parts
- c5 Chapter Two. Interrelation of the Two Epics — 151 parts
- c6 Chapter Three. Epic Philosophy — 27 parts
- c7 Chapter Four. Epic Versification — 20 parts
- c8 Chapter Five. The Origin and Development of the Epic — 84 parts
- c9 Chapter Six — 61 parts
- c10 Appendix A. Parallel Phrases in the Two Epics — 396 parts
- c11 Appendix B. Illustrations of Epic Çloka Forms — 2 parts
- c12 Appendix C. Illustrations of Epic Triṣṭubh Forms — 64 parts
- c13 Final Notes — 27 parts
- c14 English Index — 25 parts
- c15 Sanskrit Index — 35 parts