Introduction Mahabharata, one of the greatest Indian epics is often referred to as an example of ... more Introduction Mahabharata, one of the greatest Indian epics is often referred to as an example of righteousness and what happens between the good and the evil and the consequences.The Mahabharata is India's great mythological treatise on religion, philosophy, culture, spiritualism and dharma. Its greatness lays not only in its philosophical or the sacred element but also in the vastness of characters and stories of the epic. In the stories where the Mahabharata speaks of life, women occupy a central place. In living what life brings to them, the women of the Mahabharata show, that the truth in which one must live, is, however, not a simple thing; nor can there be any one absolute statement about it. Each one of them, in her own way, is a teacher to mankind as to what truth and goodness in their many dimensions are. When we consider the women in the Mahabharata and their treatment, it's important not to see them through the prism of Western feminism. This is a story set in an ...
Introduction Mahabharata, one of the greatest Indian epics is often referred to as an example of ... more Introduction Mahabharata, one of the greatest Indian epics is often referred to as an example of righteousness and what happens between the good and the evil and the consequences.The Mahabharata is India's great mythological treatise on religion, philosophy, culture, spiritualism and dharma. Its greatness lays not only in its philosophical or the sacred element but also in the vastness of characters and stories of the epic. In the stories where the Mahabharata speaks of life, women occupy a central place. In living what life brings to them, the women of the Mahabharata show, that the truth in which one must live, is, however, not a simple thing; nor can there be any one absolute statement about it. Each one of them, in her own way, is a teacher to mankind as to what truth and goodness in their many dimensions are. When we consider the women in the Mahabharata and their treatment, it's important not to see them through the prism of Western feminism. This is a story set in an ...
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