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The Mahabharata is one of the most impressive creations of the Indian mind. The studies presented in this book are based on a dissertation which has been comprehensively revised and rewritten by the author in order to make the text accessible to a larger public.

In the first part of the book the subject is the role of Krishna and his relationship with the Pandavas. This is followed by an in-depth analysis of the dice game, whose legal, psychological and philosophical aspects are presented in detail and with great clarity.

The second part contains biographical studies of a large number of yogis, saints and ascetics in the epic with an outline of their mani-fold characters and different practices, their individual realizations as well as human weaknesses. The book also contains many original Sanskrit quotations which are given along with the author´s own English translations.

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Wilfried Huchzermeyer hat Indologie, Philosophie und Religionswissenschaft in Deutschland, den USA und Indien studiert.

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