Guest guest Posted June 8, 2003 Report Share Posted June 8, 2003 Is there any tradition of understanding the Mahabharata as a spiritual scripture rather than as an epic? Is there some tradition of theological interpretation of the Mahabharata from the Shaiva/Shakta view? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 advaitin, "Alexandra Kafka" <alexandra.kafka@a...> wrote: > Is there any tradition of understanding the Mahabharata as a spiritual scripture rather than as an epic? > Is there some tradition of theological interpretation of the Mahabharata from the Shaiva/Shakta view? Namaste, The Mahabharata has bee accorded no less an honor than being called the Fifth Veda. The Gita is termed its Heart, which being a Universal Scripture and 'supra-sectarian', is worshipped by all sects. Shankara himself found it important enough to write commentaries on three of its sections - Bhagavadgita, 1000 names of Vishnu, and Sanat-sujatiya. There is no extant 'tradition' of Shaiva-Shakta theological interpretation of Mahabharata, as far as I know. Regards, Sunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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