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200 10$aBeginning the Mahabharata$b[electronic resource] $ea reader's guide to the frame stories /$fJames W. Earl
210   $aWoodland Hills, CA $cSouth Asian Studies Association$dc2011
215   $a1 online resource (133 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-9834472-2-5 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references.
327   $a""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""A Note on Pronunciation""; ""1. Getting Started""; ""2. A First Reading""; ""3. Frame Stories""; ""4. The Summaries (Chapters 1-2)""; ""Ch. 1 (The Lists of Contents)""; ""Ch. 2 (The Summaries of the Books)""; ""5. The Snake Sacrifice""; ""6. Paua?¹£ya (Chapter 3)""; ""7. Puloman (Chapters 4-12)""; ""The first story""; ""The second story""; ""8. a??¹stA?«ka (Chapters 13-24)""; ""Ch. 13""; ""Ch. 14""; ""Chs. 15-17""; ""Chs. 18-19""; ""Chs. 20-24""; ""9. Taking Stock""; ""10. Back to Garua???a (a??¹stA?«ka, Chapters 24-30)""
327   $a""11. Back to the Snakes (a??¹stA?«ka, Chapters 31-46""""Chs. 31-32""; ""Chs. 33-35""; ""Chs. 36-46""; ""Taking stock again""; ""The Story of Parika?¹£ita???at Last""; ""Reader be warned""; ""The first version (chs. 36-40)""; ""The second version (chs. 45-46)""; ""The Story of JaratkA??rua???at Last""; ""12. The Sacrificea???At Last (a??¹stA?«ka, Chapters 47-53)""; ""Ch. 47""; ""Chs. 48-50""; ""Ch. 51""; ""Chs. 52-53""; ""13. Rereading""; ""14. Coda: (a??¹stA?«ka, chapters 53-56; Book XV, chapter 43;  Book XVIII, chapter 5)""; ""Closing the Frame""; ""Book XV, Ch. 43""; ""Book XVIII, Ch. 5""
327   $a""Works Cited""""The MahA??bhA??rata""; ""Secondary""
330   $aThis is a reader's guide to the prefatory materials, or preamble, which come before the main story begins, which include two interlocking frame stories. At 5,000 lines, it is a fraction of the whole poem, and this guide/explication to it ends at the beginning of the main narrative.
606   $aEpic poetry, Sanskrit$xHistory and criticism
615  0$aEpic poetry, Sanskrit$xHistory and criticism.
700   $aEarl$b James Whitby$0681998
712 02$aSouth Asian Studies Association.
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