Word: mahabharata
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Dates: during 1889-1889
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...lecturer spoke as foilows: The Mahabharata, the grandest poem in Indian literature, dates back about 2000 years. It is a mere jumble of episodes, some tedious, some ridiculous, and some as noble and musical as the best parts of Homer. The poem contains 220.000 lines, with 18,000 supplementary ones, and is held in such high honor by Indians that it is learned by heart. The Indians sit around some Brahmin, and consider it one of the greatest boons to listen to him recite episode after episode. The metre is easily mastered and therefore easily imitated; this quality...
...story the Mahabharata is interesting and consistent. As its name teils, it describes the greatest war of King Bharata, a war which was trivial both in its causes and its effects. The tale runs about as follows: King Bharata sees his end drawing near, and divides his kingdom amongst his sons and nephews. His eldest son, Udostheera, a man of spotless character, was dominated by the master passion of gambling. Udostheera lost all his property, his wealth, his lands and his kingdom, and finally he agrees to leave his kingdom and to live with his four brothers and his wife...
...this part of the Mahabharata an addition has been made recently, but although spurious it is up to the mark of the best parts of the work. This addition is the "horse sacrifice" and tells how Udostheera and his army followed a white horse and conquered nation after nation. Peace and prosperity then came upon Udostheera's kingdom but he is not content, and abdicates. With his wife, four brothers, and a black dog, who is justice in disguise, he goes towards a sacred mountain for meditation. On the road all his companions except the dog drop dead, and these...
...Mahabharata with examples. Lecture. Sir Edwin Arnold. Sanders Theatre...
During the coming week two lectures will be given by Sir Edwin Arnold, well known to all as the author of the "Light of Asia." The subject of Mr. Arnold's Tuesday lecture will be the "Upanishad," and for Wednesday the Persian poem "Mahabharata" with citations...