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Has anybody read the mahabharata? that and the ramayana can mayb be thought of the indian epic poetry versons of the greek iliad and odyssey.

but the shit's long as fuck! the mahabharata is divided into 19 "books" and i was checking the length of the first books and each is more than 500 pages. that's just one epic poetry.

look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharata
i've heard ppl say they were good though

Thoughts?

>> No.8982773

> 200,000 lines of poetry

Yeah. I've read extracts. I just read certain dialogues between Krishna and Arjuna.

I'm learning Sanskrit for this purpose.

>> No.8982796

>>8982737
I've read the Ramayana and thoroughly enjoyed it. However, I can't speak to the Mahabharata

>> No.8982807

>>8982773
so, what are your opinions or impressions of what you have read it so far?
Isn't it extremely filled to the brim with cultural, historical, "philosophical" and religious references?
isn't the sancrit hard to learn?

>> No.8982810

>>8982737
I've always been impressed by the Gita. It remains to be my favorite work in the literature.

>> No.8982811
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>>8982737

just get a retelling like a normal person

>> No.8982860

>>8982811
i really don't want to. I'd rather read the "real" thing

>> No.8983067

bump

>> No.8983085

>>8982811
kek, why do Hindus draw their art in that way. It's always colorful with chubby cheeks

>> No.8983110

>>8982807
Sanskrit is nearly impossible.

I think the Mahabharata is really good; it's not so much a story with a coherent narrative, but a whole way of life wrapped rather awkwardly in a story.

>> No.8983143

>>8983110
>Sanskrit is nearly impossible.
Impossible to learn?
kek, how are you doing it.

ive heard that the Mahabharata contains the earliest or is among the earlest texts to include a form or developing just war theory.
shit I really want to get into it.

why don't ppl ever talk about it?

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>>8982811
>19 "books" each being around 500 pages into one book of 157 pages
>157 pages

Yes, that is quite the retelling.

>> No.8984116

>>8983158
that's the mahabharata
idk how long the actual ramayana is

>> No.8984255

>>8984116
My prose translation is about 170 pages. It names Valmiki as it's author

>> No.8984296

>>8984116
ramaya is comparatively short. maybe 500 pages.