The Mahabharata [4 Vols. set] (Record no. 567416)
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| fixed length control field | 02676 a2200229 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OSt |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9789391125660 (v.1), 9789391125714 (v.2) , 9789391125738 (v.3), 9789391125721 (v.4) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | IIT Kanpur |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 745.67 |
| Item number | B469m |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Bhalla, Alok |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Mahabharata [4 Vols. set] |
| Remainder of title | Mewari miniature paintings (1680-1698) by Allah Baksh |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Alok Bhalla and Chandra Prakash Deval |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Niyogi Books |
| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 4v. various pagings |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contents: v.1. Adi parva Sabha parva, 434p, 9789391125660, v.2. Vana parva Virata parva, 507p, 9789391125714, v.3. Udyoga parva, Bhishma parva, Drona parva, Salya parva, Gada parva, 531p, 9789391125738, v.4. Rajadharma parva, Ashwamedha parva, Ashramavasika parva, Mausala parva, Mahaprasthana parva, 520p, 9789391125721 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Allah Baksh’s magnificent miniature paintings of Vyasa’s great epic, the Mahabharata, were commissioned by Udaipur’s Maharana Jai Singh, and painted between 1680 and 1698. The selection of nearly 2000 paintings, published in four volumes, are from a folio of more than 4000 extant works illuminating the Mahabharata. The fifth volume of 500 paintings devoted to the Gita, has already been published. These radiant miniatures, which follow almost every story in every chapter of the Mahabharata, have no precedent in India’s art tradition. The emphasis in these paintings is not on heroic posturing and spiritual pride, but on the pain that the earth and its creatures endure when human beings tragically fail to fulfil their dharma. The images in the paintings are symbolically charged, their colours are clear and luminous, their lines are restrained and precise. Allah Baksh’s art of visionary thoughtfulness deserves an honoured place in the great library of Indian scriptures and their visual interpretations. Introductions to the parvas illuminated in these four volumes offer reflections on the moral resonance of the stories, as they reveal the fate of a civilisation from its divine beginning to its fateful destruction. The Hindi translation of the Mewari text in the colophons, describing the story being illustrated, furthers our understanding of the history of cultural exchange between the different religions, regions and languages of India. Comments on the paintings in English enable the reader to decode the images and follow the narrative grandeur of this great Indian epic. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Mahābhārata -- Illustrations |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Painting, Mewari -- India -- Udaipur -- 17th century |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Miniature painting, Indic |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Deval, Chandra Prakash |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Serial Enumeration / chronology | Full call number | Accession Number | Cost, replacement price | Koha item type |
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| On Display | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | 2025-02-03 | 60 | 2250.00 | v.3. Udyoga parva, Bhishma parva, Drona parva, Salya parva, Gada parva, 531p, 9789391125738 | 745.67 B469m v.3 | A186766 | 3000.00 | Books | ||||
| On Display | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | 2025-02-03 | 60 | 2250.00 | v.2. Vana parva Virata parva, 507p, 9789391125714 | 745.67 B469m v.2 | A186765 | 3000.00 | Books | ||||
| On Display | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | 2025-02-03 | 60 | 2250.00 | v.4. Rajadharma parva, Ashwamedha parva, Ashramavasika parva, Mausala parva, Mahaprasthana parva, 520p, 9789391125721 | 745.67 B469m v.4 | A186767 | 3000.00 | Books | ||||
| On Display | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | 2025-02-03 | 60 | 2250.00 | v.1. Adi parva Sabha parva, 434p, 9789391125660 | 745.67 B469m v.1 | A186764 | 3000.00 | Books |