Mahabharata reference

[Steiner Roland]

On Thu, 29 Feb 1996 02:36:04 GMT, John Grimes wrote:

>On page 288 of book 5 (5(52)43.7-10 of Van Buitenen's Mahabharata, he lits
>the 12 vices as: anger, desire, greed, delusion, possessiveness,
>compassion, discontentment, pride, grief, lust, jealousy, and abhorence.
>Would anyone be able to tell me whether "compassion" is really one of the
>twelve and if so, what is the sanskrit word it is a translation of? I do
>not have a copy here of the Mahabharata in Sanskrit and thus my request.
>
>I would greatly any information I may receive on this. Thank you.
>John
>
>---
>John Grimes, Dept of Philosophy, NUS

Mbh 5.438b: krpaa = "compassion" (van Buitenen)
Roland Steiner
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