{"product_id":"9781438465036","title":"Re-ending the Mahabharata: The Rejection of Dharma in the Sanskrit Epic","description":"\u003ci\u003eOffers a fresh perspective on the\u003c\/i\u003e Mahābhārata \u003ci\u003ebased on an exploration of its ending, the\u003c\/i\u003e Svargārohaṇa parvan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book challenges two prevalent assumptions about the \u003ci\u003eMahābhārata\u003c\/i\u003e: that its narrative is inherently incapable of achieving a conclusion and that its ending, the \u003ci\u003eSvargārohaṇa parva\u003c\/i\u003e, is an extraneous part of the text. While the exegetic traditions have largely tended to suppress, ignore, or overlook the importance of this final section, Shalom argues that the moment of the condemnation of \u003ci\u003edharma\u003c\/i\u003e that occurs in the \u003ci\u003eSvargārohaṇa parva\u003c\/i\u003e, expressed by the epic protagonist, Yudhiṣṭhira, against his father, Dharma, is of crucial importance. It sheds light on the incessant preoccupation and intrinsic dismay towards the concept of \u003ci\u003edharma\u003c\/i\u003e (the cardinal theme around which the epic revolves) expressed by \u003ci\u003eMahābhārata\u003c\/i\u003e narrators throughout the epic, and is thus highly significant for understanding the \u003ci\u003eMahābhārata\u003c\/i\u003e narrative as a whole.","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123181601008,"sku":"9781438465036","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781438465036_p0.jpg?v=1763756463","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781438465036","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}