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Podcast: New Books in Indian Religions
Episode: Vishwa Adluri and Joydeep Bagchee, "Philology and Criticism: A Guide to MahÄbhÄrata Textual Criticism" (Anthem Press, 2018)
Description: The Hindu great epic, MahÄbhÄrata, exists today in hundreds of variant manuscripts across India. These manuscripts were painstakingly examined, sorted and reconstituted into the official Critical Edition of the MahÄbhÄrata. Is the Critical Edition a viable means of studying India's great epic?Ā While several scholars critique this undertaking project, the authors of Philology and Criticism: A Guide to MahÄbhÄrata Textual Criticism (Anthem Press, 2018), Vishwa Adluri and Joydeep Bagchee, present a rigorous defense of the MahÄbhÄrata's Critical Edition. Listen in and hear how and why they've done so.For information on your h...