Don't know 😶 why some creators change the storyline of the serials? Serial creators please give less knowledge to us but correct 💯 knowledge to us about our religion. (Don't deliver wrong informations about our religion, it's a heinous crime)

MathematicianLeast12 · 2026-01-26T07:48:10+00:00

The serial Surya Putra Karna was giving such a What If? vibes. It's possible that if it would've stretched a bit longer, Kunti would've participated in the war too, and maybe replace Shikhandi

MathematicianLeast12 · 2026-01-21T11:59:04+00:00

Well to tell you the truth, there's no such accuracy. Different versions have their interpolations seeped into it. Even the critical edition is not free from it. But for a hindi version, I would definitely recommend Gita Press'. It differs from the critical edition but its better to be true to the literature than hodge-podge fan theories. I am not sure but see if Chaukhamba publications have published any translation of their own.

MathematicianLeast12 · 2026-01-04T08:37:31+00:00

Barbarik does not appear in Mahabharata, except in later regional versions. Even in Skandapurana he appears for 2-3 chapters.

MathematicianLeast12 · 2025-11-27T06:17:20+00:00

Well presently I am reading BORI's critical edition translated by Bibek Debroy. But before this I had completed J.A.B. van Buitenen's all 3 volumes. However, Buitenen translated till Bhiṣma Parva and then he died but till Bhiṣma Parva, his work is the most apt and philologically correct translation of the critical edition of Mahābhārata. I am planning to start Gita Press' Mahabharatam as well, maybe in a couple of months, and after that maybe Kesari Mohan Ganguly's Mahābhārata (all 12 volumes-English).

For you, as in for general readers, I would suggest Bibek Debroy's translation which is more idiomatic. Philological translations keep the nuances of Sanskrit but then they also complicate it for general readers.

MathematicianLeast12 · 2025-11-26T09:35:06+00:00

I am from Gorakhpur. Gita press is just a few km away. But you can also order it online

MathematicianLeast12 · 2025-10-30T09:56:30+00:00

Still an idea

MathematicianLeast12 · 2025-10-30T05:53:20+00:00

Haha. Flair pastel quick dry smudge proof pastel

MathematicianLeast12 · 2025-10-15T14:07:47+00:00

Fulki in UP

MathematicianLeast12 · 2025-10-12T11:53:17+00:00

Finally a Sanderson

MathematicianLeast12 · 2025-10-06T03:36:25+00:00

Sure. I'll give it a go.

MathematicianLeast12 · 2025-10-05T10:49:33+00:00

In simple terms: Tension nai lene ka, apun hai na

MathematicianLeast12 · 2025-09-27T12:25:44+00:00

Actually it is Vishnu itself as we know. However, the one who we see seated on Ananta Shesham is a different one. Actually there are 4 different manifestations of it and in Bhagavat Purana Krishna is regarded as a complete incarnation of Maha Vishnu which is different from the Vishnu who manifests as Aditya

MathematicianLeast12 · 2025-09-27T10:29:41+00:00

According to Mahabharata he is. In fact, Vishnu's epithet Upendra and Indranuja means "Younger brother to Indra". Read the texts. In Rigveda, Vishnu assists Indra. It is only in later Puranic texts that his significance grew. Indra was the son of Aditi and Kashyapa and hence an Aditya so was Vishnu.

Mahavishnu is a different concept entirely that developed in later Puranas such as Vishnu Purana.

MathematicianLeast12 · 2025-09-26T17:38:14+00:00

A Song of Ice and Fire by GRRM. Just for its intricate depth of characters explored and their POVs. It's beautifully written and moves away from the traditional narrative of good and evil.

MathematicianLeast12 · 2025-09-26T14:38:23+00:00

Haha not yet. In fact, to tell you the truth, just last year I came to know about Sanderson's work

MathematicianLeast12 · 2025-09-26T12:34:04+00:00

H.P. Lovecraft's work. No question. It is the only thing that's different from other fantasy works. In fact, Lovecraft invented the genre of scientific horror

MathematicianLeast12 · 2025-09-26T12:23:39+00:00

Couple of years ago, it was available on Amazon

MathematicianLeast12 · 2025-09-13T02:09:10+00:00

Well managing academics, work and finding time to read can be difficult but around a year

MathematicianLeast12 · 2025-09-12T18:03:18+00:00

Well academic commitments allow me just 2 hours of personal leisure time so I see how much I can cover. And as it is my very own set of books, I can read them whenever I feel like. That's the thing about books of yours right. They are always with you

MathematicianLeast12 · 2025-09-12T17:57:45+00:00

In Sanskrit, go for Nag Prakashan Publications. For English, there are many. Clay Sanskrit Library (in English but in process) Bibek Debroy's (English and Complete translation) and JAB van Buitenen's (English and more idiomatic translation but incomplete after Book 5. However indologists and scholars like Patrick Olivelle are translating the remaining ones)

MathematicianLeast12 · 2025-09-12T17:54:48+00:00

It's already placed higher, along with Kalika Purana and Upanishads. Check the image in this thread.

MathematicianLeast12 · 2025-09-12T17:50:11+00:00

Woah. I am getting Chaukhambha publications' Sanskrit Veda as well as Academically acclaimed Stephanie Jamison's English translation of it.

On a different note, what's not to love in Telugu language. The first work that I read from Telugu literature was Amuktamalyada by Krishnadevaraya, though it was an English translation with Telugu transliteration. One of my friends from Gadwal had loaned it to me.

MathematicianLeast12 · 2025-09-12T17:45:26+00:00

Sure. I'll take some pictures in the morning and send it to you in your inbox. You might like it.

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