The Great Indian Epics: The Stories of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata

2nd Edition amongst ancient appeared Apsaras Arjuna arms army arrows Aryan ascetic austerities Ayodhya battle beautiful behold Bhagavatgita Bharata Bhima Brahmans brothers carried celestial chariot charms Damayanti Dasahratha demons desired destruction Dhritarashtra divine Draupadi dreadful Drona Duryodhana earth elephants exile famous father fierce fire forest Gandharvas Ganga giant goddess gods hand Hanuman Hastinapur head heart heaven hermit heroes Hindu horses hosts hundred husband India Indian Epics Indra Karna Kauravas king Krishna Kshatriya Kunti Kurukshetra Lakshmana Lanka lives lord lovely Mahabharata maiden mighty Nala occasion Pandavas Pandu Parva performed poem poet princes Rajah Rakshasas Rama Rama and Lakshmana Rama's Ramayana Ravana Rishi round sacred sacrifice sage Satyavati side Sita Sita's Siva sons of Pandu story strange Sugriva swayamvara terrible Thanesar thee thou art thousand tion Translated Vaidehi Valmiki Vanar Vishnu vols Vyasa warriors weapons wife wonderful Yudhisthira