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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by trianglem on Thursday December 24, 2020 @03:12PM (#25530992)
In the same vein, the Mahabharata. Literally mind blowing character building and arcs and all of this more than 2 millennia ago. It is also 10 times the length of the Iliad and the Odyssey combined.
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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by nrp on Thursday December 24, 2020 @03:22PM (#25531072)
Do you have a recommended English translation?
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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by KhoomeiK on Thursday December 24, 2020 @04:23PM (#25531554)
It's pretty hard to get your hands on a hard copy because of how large it is (usually published in multiple volumes for academia). The most accessible translation is Ganguli's, which you can find here [1].

[1] https://www.mahabharataonline.com/translation/

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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by trianglem on Thursday December 24, 2020 @06:10PM (#25532414)
Yes, the version by Ramesh Menon is easy to read and relatively unabridged.
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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by garfieldnate on Saturday December 26, 2020 @05:50AM (#25542629)
I also enjoyed the N.K. Narayan translation/explanation of the Ramayana. That and Malgudi days really made me feel like I understood Indian culture. The Ramayana is also super important for other Buddhist countries, like Thailand and Cambodia.
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