3 Review(s)

About The Book : A CRITICAL study of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, in conjunction with other works bearing in the subject, has suggested to me several new ideas about them which the author propose to place before the public in three instalments. The present volume contains my views on the Mahabharata, considered from the literary and historical standpoints. If the views published in this volume impress the public favourably, I may be encouraged to publish a second volume giving my views on the Ramayana from the same standpoints. In a third volume the author intend to take a survey of the social, religious and intellectual conditions of the Aryans of India between 3ooo and 300 -B.C. as evidenced by these venerable epics. “Sankshipta Mahabharata" or " Mahabharata abridged," a book recently published by the author, if read along with this book, will be found to contain most of the original Shlokas of the Mahabharata on which this criticism is based. About The Author : C.V.VAIDYA ( 1861–1938) was a Marathi-language historian and writer from Maharashtra, India. He was Chief Justice of Gwalior State for a period. He was born in a Chitpavan Brahmin family. In 1908, Vaidya chaired the Marathi Sahitya Sammelan held in Pune. Later, he became involved in the nationalist Congress Democratic Party, which was led by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Works : The following is a list of the titles of his major works: Samagra Awalonnati Lekhamālā (1906),Mahābhārat — Samālochan (1914), Mahābhārat—A Criticism, Nibandha Aṇi Bhāshaṇẽ (1915),Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇ Parīkshaṇ (1920),Downfall of Hindu India, Shrī Kru̥shṇa Charitra (1922),Sanskrut Wāngmayāchā Troṭak Itihās (1922), Shriman Mahābhāratāche Marāṭhī Suras Bhāshāntar (1922).