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JAYASHREE

@jayvenk

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Posted: 12 years ago

#21

the promo is very much shantanu and satyavati . prashara was a rishi

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varaali

@varaali

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Posted: 12 years ago

#22

Originally posted by: Surya_krsnbhakt

Oh so she particularly asked Parashara all those things? Okay...
As for the promo it is Shantanu only...

Yes, according to Devi Bhagavtaham at least.

Devi Bhagavatham has details of the Satyavati- Parashara encounter. Vyasa's Mahabharata doesn't give much details...

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Nandini

@NandiniRaizadaa

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Posted: 12 years ago

#23

Wow nice to see this thread already active

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Arijit

@Arijit007

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Posted: 12 years ago

#24

well, i have a question too, we all know about raamayan and its many versions, can someone please tell me how many versions of mahabharat are out there? and what they are?

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DhoniAddict

@BeingBlunt

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Posted: 12 years ago

#25

Originally posted by: varaali

Yes, according to Devi Bhagavtaham at least.

Devi Bhagavatham has details of the Satyavati- Parashara encounter. Vyasa's Mahabharata doesn't give much details...

Great thread. 👏
I never knew all this story about Satyavati.
Hope to learn many more things.

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Riti

@-Reeti-

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Posted: 12 years ago

#26

Originally posted by: Arijit007
well, i have a question too, we all know about raamayan and its many versions, can someone please tell me how many versions of mahabharat are out there? and what they are?

I think it doesn't have versions.. Mahabharat is only of 1 version I guess 😳

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Surya Sundarraj Sriram

@Surya_krsnbhakt

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Posted: 12 years ago

#27

Originally posted by: -Celestial-

I think it doesn't have versions.. Mahabharat is only of 1 version I guess 😳

WEll, there is the Villibharatham by Villiputhur Azhvar, in Tamil. But I don't know much about it...😳

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Arijit

@Arijit007

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Posted: 12 years ago

#28

varali, jaya, minu, anyone please answer this question, btw there is a bengali version called kaashidaashi mahabharat, by kaashiraam dash.

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Mythili

@mythili2

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Posted: 12 years ago

#29

In telugu there one written by nannaya, tikkanna n yerrapragada called Andhra Mahabharatamu

and in Kannada karnata bharata kadhamanjari written by gudugina veere naranappa..

Edited by mythili2 - 12 years ago

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varaali

@varaali

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Posted: 12 years ago

#30

Originally posted by: Arijit007
varali, jaya, minu, anyone please answer this question, btw there is a bengali version called kaashidaashi mahabharat, by kaashiraam dash.

Yes, Mahabharata is such an influential epic that it is impossible not to have several variants. But unlike Tulsidas / Kambam / Krittivas, etc Ramayan which rank alongside Valmiki's, there is no equivalent version to Vyasa's MB.

However, there was another version of Mahabharata written by one of Vyasa's foremost disciples, Jaimini

Maharishi Jaimini was one of the foremost of Veda Vyasa's disciples (Shukha, Vaisampayana Paila and Sumantu being others). The story goes that, after narrating the entire Mahabharata to these five, he asked them to write it in their own words. No one even dared to try to match their illustrious Guru's literary powers.

Except for Jamini. For him, disregarding his Guru's command was a greater sin- hence he started in all earnest to re write the MB in his own words. So deep was his revernce to his guru that when he presented the finished product to Veda Vyasa, the Master claimed that Jamini's version was even better than the original.

Most of Jamineya Mahabharata (which was bigger and more detailed) has been lost except for the Ashwamedhika Parva. Why his work was lost while the original (Vyasa Mahabharata) survived is not clear.

Also, like any other major text, this too has not been free form interpolations by later authors calling themselves Jaimini.

Edited by varaali - 12 years ago