{"id":51284,"date":"2024-07-22T17:10:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T17:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/the-mahabharata\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T05:10:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T05:10:54","slug":"the-mahabharata","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/the-mahabharata\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mahabharata"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Allah Baksh&rsquo;s magnificent miniature paintings of Vyasa&rsquo;s great epic, <strong><em>The Mahabharata<\/em><\/strong>, were commissioned by Udaipur&rsquo;s Maharana Jai Singh, and painted between 1680 and 1698. The selection of nearly 2000 paintings, published in four volumes, are from a folio of more than 4000 extant works illuminating the Mahabharata. The fifth volume of 500 paintings devoted to the Gita, has already been published.<\/p>\n<p>These radiant miniatures, which follow almost every story in every chapter of the Mahabharata, have no precedent in India&rsquo;s art tradition. The emphasis in these paintings is not on heroic posturing and spiritual pride, but on the pain that the earth and its creatures endure when human beings tragically fail to fulfill their dharma. The images in the paintings are symbolically charged, their colors are clear and luminous, their lines are restrained and precise. Allah Baksh&rsquo;s art of visionary thoughtfulness deserves an honored place in the great library of Indian scriptures and their visual interpretations. <\/p>\n<p>Introductions to the parvas illuminated in these four volumes offer reflections on the moral resonance of the stories, as they reveal the fate of a civilization from its divine beginning to its fateful destruction. The Hindi translation of the Mewari text in the colophons, describing the story being illustrated, furthers our understanding of the history of cultural exchange between the different religions, regions and languages of India. Comments on the paintings in English enable the reader to decode the images and follow the narrative grandeur of this great Indian epic.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This four-volume set has nearly 2000 paintings by Allah Baksh of Vyasa&rsquo;s epic, the Mahabharata, Hindi translation of the Mewari text, English translation and commentary.<br \/>Vol-I<br \/>\nAcknowledgements<br \/>\nA Note on the Text<br \/>\nGeneral Introduction to the Mahabharata Paintings<br \/>\nAdi Parva (The Beginning): An Introduction<br \/>\nAdi Parva<br \/>\nSabha Parva (The Assembly Hall): An Introduction<br \/>\nSabha Parva<br \/>\nIndex of Names and Places<\/p>\n<p>Vol-II<br \/>\nAcknowledgements<br \/>\nA Note on the Text<br \/>\nGeneral Introduction to the Mahabharata Paintings<br \/>\nVana Parva (The Book of the Forest): An Introduction<br \/>\nVana Parva<br \/>\nVirata Parva (The Book of Virata): An Introduction<br \/>\nVirata Parva<br \/>\nIndex of Names and Places<\/p>\n<p>Vol-III<br \/>\nAcknowledgements<br \/>\nA Note on the Text<br \/>\nGeneral Introduction to the Mahabharata Paintings<br \/>\nUdyoga Parva: An Introduction (The Book of Preparations for War)<br \/>\nUdyoga Parva<br \/>\nBhishma Parva: An Introduction (The Book of Bhishma)<br \/>\nBhishma Parva<br \/>\nDrona Parva: An Introduction (The Book of Drona)<br \/>\nDrona Parva<br \/>\nSalya Parva: An Introduction (The Book of Salya)<br \/>\nSalya Parva<br \/>\nGada Parva: An Introduction (The Book of Maces)<br \/>\nGada Parva<br \/>\nIndex of Names and Places<\/p>\n<p>Vol-IV<br \/>\nAcknowledgements<br \/>\nA Note on the Text<br \/>\nGeneral Introduction to the Mahabharata Paintings<br \/>\nRajadharma Parva (The Book of Royal Duty): An Introduction<br \/>\nRajadharma Parva<br \/>\nAshwamedha Parva (The Book of the Horse Sacrifice): An Introduction<br \/>\nAshwamedhaParva<br \/>\nAshramavasika Parva (The Book of the Hermitage): An Introduction<br \/>\nAshramavasika Parva<br \/>\nMausala Parva (The Book of the Iron Rods): An Introduction<br \/>\nMausala Parva<br \/>\nMahaprasthana Parva (The Book of the Great Departure): An Introduction<br \/>\nMahaprasthana Parva<br \/>\nIndex of Names and Places<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":51285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5523],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-51284","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"author-by-author-alok-bhalla","8":"author-by-author-chandra-prakash-deval","9":"publisher-niyogi-books","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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