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Jaya : an illustrated retelling of the Mahabharata by Pattanaik, Devdutt is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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High above the sky stands Swarga, paradise, abode of the gods. Still above is Vaikuntha, heaven, abode of God.The doorkeepers of Vaikuntha are the twins, Jaya and Yijaya, both whose names mean 'victory'. One keeps you in Swarga; the other raises you into Vaikuntha.In Vaikuntha there is bliss forever, in Swarga there is please for only as long as you deserve. What is the difference between Jaya and Vijaya? Solve this puzzle and you will solve the mystery of the Mahabharata.In this enthralling retelling of India's greatest epic, the Mahabharata originally known as Jaya, Devdutt Pattanaik seamlessly weaves into a single narrative plots from the Sanskirt classic as well as its many folk and regional varians, including the Pandavani of Chattisgarth, Gondhal of Maharastra, Terukkuttu of Tamil Nade and Yakshagana of Karnataka.Richly illustrated with over 250 line drawings by the author, the 108 chapters abound with little-known details such as the names of the hundred Kauravas, the worship of Draupadi as a goddess in Tamil Nadu, the stories of Astika, Madhavi, Jaimini, Aravan and Barbareek, the Mahabharata version of the Shakuntalam and the Ramayana, and the dating of the war based on ast
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Pattanaik, Devdutt
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd;Penguin Global
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9788184751697
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Religion
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (9,857 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14