The Sanskrit Hero
Karṇa in Epic Mahābhārata
by Kevin McGrath
260 pages· 2004· ISBN 9789004137295
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At the hand of the hero Karna this book offers a model for 'heroic religion', having to a large extent shaped not only the Indic epics, but also cognate Indo-European epics, such as Homer's Iliad.
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