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Excerpt from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Vol. 2: Translated Into English ProseThe greatest difficulty, however, with which 1 have to contend is the want of funds to carry… mais…

Excerpt from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Vol. 2: Translated Into English ProseThe greatest difficulty, however, with which 1 have to contend is the want of funds to carry on the enterprise to its completion. Mr: H. Witton, who has ever taken a sympa thetic interest in my humble labours, writing to me from Hamilton, Canada, says - I am afraid that it is easier to secure financial assistance in the inceptive stages of an enter. Prise than when it has passed the half-way stage. That is precisely my case. My successive tours through a great part of the country in search of pecuniary aid have broken down my health. The poison of permanent disease has been imbibed. There is a well-known saying current amongst us, that he who succeeds in causing the recitation of the Maha bharata to be completed in his house has to depart from this world. This is explained by some as due to the sins of omission and commission on the part of the reciters or readers -em ployed. Pious men explain it on the supposition that the person is called away, as the result of his high merit, from an unhappy to a happy world. Upon the introduction of printing into this country, the Pundits refused to see the sacred works pass through the Press. The adage referred to above received an expansion. Every man, it came to be said, who would complete the publication or translation of any sacred work, would have to depart from this world in a-childless state; Of[4.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Pratapacandra Raya, Books, Religion and Spirituality, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Vol. 2: Translated Into English Prose (Classic Reprint) Books>Religion and Spirituality, FB&C Ltd<

2018, ISBN: 9780666571755

Erscheinungsdatum: 28.02.2018, Medium: Buch, Einband: Gebunden, Titel: The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Vol. 2, Titelzusatz: Translated Into English Prose (Classic Reprint), A… mais…

Erscheinungsdatum: 28.02.2018, Medium: Buch, Einband: Gebunden, Titel: The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Vol. 2, Titelzusatz: Translated Into English Prose (Classic Reprint), Autor: Raya, Pratapacandra, Verlag: Forgotten Books, Sprache: Englisch, Schlagworte: RELIGION // Hinduism // General, Rubrik: Nichtchristliche Religionen, Seiten: 916, Informationen: 78:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Blue Cloth w/Jacket on White w/Gloss Lam, Gewicht: 1367 gr, Verkäufer: averdo Belletristik<

2018, ISBN: 0666571759

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