The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c12.s7: The Epics
The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c12.s7
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The Epics
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It is during this period that the two great epics, the *Mahābhārata*¹⁷ and the *Rāmāyaṇa*, were compiled in the final form. Their value in politics, law, economics etc. is immense.¹⁸
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¹⁷ The *Adiparvan* of the *Mahābhārata* has been for the first time critically edited by V. S. Sukthankar for the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (Poona 1933), with the co-operation of Shrimant Balasaheb Pant Pratinidhi, R. D. Karmarkar, A. B. Paranjpye, V. R. Rajavade, N. B. Utgikar, P. L. Vaidya, V. P. Vaidya, M. Winternitz, R. Zimmermann and others.
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¹⁸ E. W. Hopkins: "The Social and Military Position of Ruling Caste in Ancient India as represented by the Sanskrit Epic" (*Journal of the American Oriental Society* 1889); *The Great Epic of India* (New Haven 1920).
Linked texts (2)
- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit