Reading the fifth veda: studies on the Mahābhārata: essays by Alf Hiltebeitel, vol. 1

Bringing together Hiltebeitel's major essays on the the Mahabharata, the Ramaya?a, and the south Indian cults of Draupadi and Kutta??avar along with new articles written especially for this collection, this two volume work offers a comprehensive re-reading of the Indian epic tradition by the foremost scholar in Indian epic studies today.