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Mahabharater Samaja

By Nalini Nath Das Gupta

Vol. 25 · No. 2June - 1949pp. 148–149English
Ancient Indian Culture

Summary

This review covers Sukhamaya Bhattacharyya’s “Mahabharater Samaja,” an extensive study of social life in the Mahabharata. The author organises material by themes such as social customs, kingship, medicine and philosophy, citing relevant Sanskrit passages. The reviewer appreciates the comprehensiveness of the research and notes that it will serve as a valuable handbook for students, although some sections could be more systematically arranged. Overall, the book is praised for its depth and scholarly utility.

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Conclusion

The review applauds Bhattacharyya’s detailed study of society in the Mahabharata and its systematic presentation of customs, politics and philosophy. While the arrangement might be improved, the book is recognised as a vital resource for Indological research.

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  • “This book on society as depicted in the Great Epic of India 15, to say the minimum of it, a valuable addition to Bengali literature.”
  • “The book 15 divided into three parts whereof the first one 15 purely on matters social. ટી considerable portion of the second part, however, deals with Rajadharma બ duties of a king and polity, while the third part concerns itself with Aysrveda, Jyotisa and the various philosophical systems referred to”

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  1. SANTIDEVER BODHICARYAVATARA (the Bodhicaryavatara of Sintideva, done into Bengali), by Dada Sujit Kumar Mukhopadhyaya: Published by the Visvabharati, 2, Bankim Chatterjee Street, Calcutta: Introduction 492 pp.
  2. MAHABHARATER SAMAJA (Society in the Mahabharata, in Bengali), by Dr. Sukhamaya Bhattacharyya, Sastri, Saptatirtha: Published by the Visvabharati Book-stall, 2, Bankim Chatterjee Street, Calcutta: Introduction 521 pp. Index.

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Vol. 25 · No. 2
81–86New Light on the Epoch of the Kalacuri EraV. V. Mirashi87–94The Vinaya Texts in ChineseAnil Chandra Banerjee95–101Three more Imitations of the GitagovindaV. W. Karambelkar102–109Surgery and Medicine in the Days of GautamaYashpal110–122AryavartaSashi Bhusan Chaudhuri123–131On the Interpretation of Some Passages of Harsa‑caritaRajendra Chandra Hazra132–134Date of Abhinanda, author of the RimacaritaDineshchandra Sircar135–138A Note on Turuska‑dandaRoma Niyogi138–143A Note on the Tivarkhed Plates of NannarajaV. V. Mirashi144Highways and Byways of Literary Criticism in SanskritMano Mohan Ghosh144The Religious Basis of the Forms of Indian Society, Indian Culture and English Influence, East & WestMano Mohan Ghosh145Kenopanisad‑BhasyaMano Mohan Ghosh145Akbarsahi‑Srngaradarapana of PadmasundaraMano Mohan Ghosh146–147JatibhedaNalini Nath Das Gupta147Mimamsa DarsanaNalini Nath Das Gupta148Santideva’s BodhicaryavataraNalini Nath Das Gupta148–149Mahabharater SamajaNalini Nath Das GuptaCurrent article150–152Select Contents of Oriental Journals

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