ASIA 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Pandava, Vyasa, Main Plot
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Dating dispute among scholars (kane = 500-200bce; klostermaire. Authorship: mystical figure vyasa: historical context: The battle believed to have taken place in 900bce. It was the battle between the pandavas and the kauravas. => which family has the right to rule. => after 13 years, pandavas came back and demanded it was their right/turn to rule. => arjuna (a pandava) does not want to fight his cousin brother (a kauravas). => his charioteer revealed himself as krishna (incarnation of vishnu). => krishna, then teaches arjuna that he must go and fight because it is his religious duty as a kshatriyas to fight. The most important dialogue is between lord krishna and arjuna on the battlefield (where krishna described the principles of. Teachings of the bhagavad gita: krishna revelation - charioteer as incarnation of supreme. Lord: krishna"s teachings - in favour of fighting, svadharma - has twofold purpose:
