The Mahabharata of Vyasa

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The P. Lal transcreation of the complete epic text in 19 volumes comprising the 18 parvas of the maha-kavya – a limited hardback edition.

The sloka-by-sloka transcreation of Vyasa’s epic by P. Lal was completely revised for his reading sessions of the entire maha-kavya in Kolkata. The weekly Sunday readings began in 1999 and continued till 2009. After he passed away in 2010, we requested Dr Pradip Bhattacharya to complete the transcreation project P. Lal had started. The following volumes (17 by Professor P. Lal and 2 by Dr Bhattacharya) are available:

The Adi Parva | (Volume 1): 1232 pages | Rs 2000

The Sabha Parva | (Volume 2): 520 pages | Rs 600

The Vana Parva | (Volume 3): 1572 pages | Rs 2000

The Virata Parva | (Volume 4): 416 pages | Rs 400

The Udyoga Parva | (Volume 5): 976 pages | Rs 1000

The Bhisma Parva | (Volume 6): 928 pages | Rs 1000

The Drona Parva | (Volume 7): 1536 pages | Rs 1200

The Karna Parva | (Volume 8): 1036 pages | Rs 1000

The Salya Parva | (Volume 9): 700 pages | Rs.1000

The Sauptika Parva | (Volume 10): 176 pages | Rs 200

The Stri Parva | (Volume 11): 176 pages | Rs 200

The Santi Parva – Part 1 | Raja-Dharma | (Volume 12): 1016 pages | Rs 2000

The Santi Parva – Part 2 | Moksha-Dharma | (Volume 12): 1016 pages | Rs 2000

The Anushasana Parva | (Volume 13): 1256 pages | Rs 3000

The Asvamedhika Parva | (Volume 14): 444 pages | Rs 300

The Asramavasika Parva | (Volume 15): 172 pages | Rs 150

The Mausala Parva | (Volume 16): 64 pages | Rs 150

The Mahaprasthanika Parva | (Volume 17): 36 pages | Rs 150

The Svargarohana Parva | (Volume 18): 80 pages | Rs 150

Each volume transcreated by P. Lal was also brought out in a special edition limited to 50 copies with an original pat painting. Please contact us for the prices of volumes in this edition; some volumes are now out of print.

338 fascicules of the transcreation, which included prefaces and notes, were available earlier at Rs 100 each. These have now been discontinued.