Inclusions, Exclusions and Interpolations in the Critical Edition of Mahabharata: Debates and Dilemmas

Abstract

Shruti Sharma’s “Inclusions, Exclusions and Interpolations in the Critical Edition of Mahabharata: Debates and Dilemmas” studies the nuances arising out of the excision of an episode (read as an interpolation by the Critical Edition) and its influence upon the modern critical scholarship of the epic (which largely relies upon the manuscript tradition). It tries to unearth the specifics of how an episode came to be inserted (and/or redacted) in Mahabharata and the ramifications, problematics and politics of such an action thereof.