Epic poem (prose translation) · 1883–1896

The Mahabharata, Book 11: Stri Parva

The Book of the Women

by Vyasa

Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli (published by Pratap Chandra Roy, 1883–1896)

Book 11 of Kisari Mohan Ganguli's complete English prose translation of the Mahabharata, published in parts by Pratap Chandra Roy, Calcutta. The Stri Parva is the lament of the women: Dhritarashtra's grief and anger, Gandhari's curse, the widows moving over the field of Kurukshetra among the dead, and the funeral rites for the fallen.


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