![]() ![]() Krishna takes part in a non-combatant role, as charioteer for Arjuna. This sarpasattra material was often considered an independent tale added to a version of the Mahābhārata by 'thematic attraction' (Minkowski 1991), and considered to have a particularly close connection to literature. ![]() The snake sacrifice of Janamejaya The Ādi-parva includes the snake sacrifice ( sarpasattra) of, explaining its motivation, detailing why all snakes in existence were intended to be destroyed, and why in spite of this, there are still snakes in existence. ![]() The story is then recited again by a professional storyteller named, many years later, to an assemblage of sages performing the 12-year sacrifice for the king Saunaka Kulapati in the. It is first recited at by the sage, a disciple of Vyāsa, to the King who is the great-grandson of the prince. ![]() The epic employs the structure, otherwise known as frametales, popular in many Indian religious and non-religious works. The first section of the Mahābhārata states that it was who wrote down the text to Vyasa's dictation. He also describes the Guru-shishya parampara, which traces all great teachers and their students of the Vedic times. ![]()
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