The Mahabharata (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: n/a
- First Published: 1834
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Epic
- Time of Work: Antiquity
- Genres: Poetry, Epic, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Parents and children, Mythology or myths, Fathers, Good and evil, Kings, queens, or royalty, Legends, India or East Indian people, Civil wars, Heads of state
- Locales: India
Places Discussed
Kurukshetra. Plain of the Kurus (another name for the Bharatas); the battlefield on which the two factions meet. Just before the battle, Krishna outlines a philosophy of life and theological truths to Arjuna—a long commentary that is often printed separately as the Bhagavad Gita (song of the lord), a sacred Hindu religious text. Considering Krishna’s spiritual message, the plain might be seen as the battlefield of life, on which one’s nobler self must fight against one’s baser self.
Hastinapur. Capital of the Bharata Kingdom in which the...
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