Question

Consider the following statements regarding the critical edition of Mahabharata:

I. A team comprising dozens of scholars initiated the task of preparing a critical edition of the Mahabharata.

II. Initially, it meant collecting Sanskrit manuscripts of the text, Written in a variety of scripts, from different parts of the country.

III. The team worked out a method of comparing verses from each manuscript.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

पर्याय

• Only I

• I and II

• I and III

• All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Explanation:

One of the most ambitious scholarship programmes began in 1919, under the direction of V. S. Sukthankar, a well known Indian Sanskritist. A group of dozens of experts set out to create a critical edition of the Mahabharata. What exactly was this about? Initially, this required gathering Sanskrit manuscripts of the text written in various scripts from various sections of the country. Finally, they chose the verses that occurred in most versions and published them in multiple volumes totalling over 13,000 pages.