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Indian Idylls
Vyasa (attributed) · Hinduism · c. 400 BCE - 400 CE
Translated by Sir Edwin Arnold (1883)
9 chapters
Sir Edwin Arnold's translation of eight episodes from the Mahābhārata — Sāvitrī, Nala and Damayantī, and the closing books of Yudhishthira's pilgrimage and entry into heaven — rendered in his luminous Victorian narrative verse.
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Contents
- 1Preface
- 2Sāvitrī; or, Love and Death
- 3Nala and Damayantī
- 4The Enchanted Lake
- 5The Saint's Temptation
- 6The Birth of Death
- 7The Night of Slaughter
- 8The Great Journey
- 9The Entry Into Heaven
