Explain in detail the critical edition of the Mahabharata. (Serious answers only, the best answer will be awarded brainliest)
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Answer:
Indians like me begin their love affair with the Mahābhārata from nānīmā’s stories. Epic metaphors and references pervade our Weltanschauung and values along with our earliest memories. As A.K. Ramanujan once famously said, “No Hindu reads the Mahābhārata for the first time." When we “grow up" a little, we might read C. Rajagopalachari’s abridged (might I add, sanitized) version. Few of us go on to read the unabridged epic in any language, and even fewer in the original Sanskrit.
Explanation:
Those of us who do may notice that the colophon or introduction specifies whether it is the Calcutta edition, the Bombay one or another. Further study brings us to the realization that each edition has variations—in words, verses, even complete episodes. Important episodes in one edition may not exist in another. In the same episode, verses can be omitted and the verse order can differ, which has affects narrative continuity and the literary and philosophical impact of a given passage.