Epic poem (prose translation) · 1883–1896

Book 15: Asramavasika Parva

The Book of the Hermitage

by Vyasa

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

Book 15 of Kisari Mohan Ganguli's complete English prose translation of the Mahabharata, published in parts by Pratap Chandra Roy, Calcutta. The Asramavasika Parva follows the old king Dhritarashtra, Gandhari and Kunti as they leave the city for a hermitage in the forest, where the dead of the war are briefly seen again, and ends with the forest fire in which they die.


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