Anxiety, fear, pain, and sorrow; sadness comes with in many shades. The effort to understand this complex emotion goes back Millennia. Mahabharata, the ancient Indian epic, discusses the reasons of sadness in detail.
Mahabharata is perhaps the largest epic in the world and remains a foundational heritage of Indian civilisation. It is rich in its description of the human condition, and its exploration of philosophy and psychology.
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This video is a part of the lecture delivered by Dr. Pradeep Apte. Dr. Apte is a renowned economist and the chairman of the academic committee of the Bhandarkar Institute.
The lecture on Anushasana Parvan of Mahabharata is part of the online introductory course on Mahabharata that begins on October 07, 2021.
