Chinese Mahabharata sold out, goes into 2nd edition

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Mahabharata in Chinese sold out, goes into second edition

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Wed Dec 6, 2006 6:58 am (PST)

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*Mahabharata in Chinese sold out, goes into second edition

*2006-12-06 Published by* Hindunet* Gathered by *Internet Desk -

Hindunet*

Within months of its release, the first-ever Chinese version of the

Mahabharata sold out last December. The second edition of the six-

volume

translation of the epic is now under print and would be out in a few

weeks.

 

There is a growing desire in China to learn about India's culture and

traditions. "For a long time, Chinese scholars paid too much

attention to

the West. Now, there is a growing desire to know Indian civilisation

and

imbibe its wisdom," Huang Baosheng, who headed the five-member team

of

translators at Beijing University, told TOI.

 

"The 5,000 sets released in the first edition were bought not just by

libraries as happens m the case of most such works - but also by

ordinary

readers," Huang, who is a teacher at the university's Sanskrit

department,

said. The sets are mod­erately priced at 680 yuan (Rs 3,862) each.

 

Huang and his team worked for over 10 years translating the epic

from the

Sanskrit edition brought out by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research

Institute

in Pune. The institute's version, Huang said, is the best of the

epic in

Sanskrit.

 

"The Chinese version has more than 30 illustrations taken from the

original.

The work has been appreciated by scholars around the world,

including those

from Harvard, who recently visited us in Beijing."

 

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Let noble thoughts come from all directions.

 

Rig Veda

 

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Let noble thoughts come from all directions.

 

Rig Veda