In case it is of interest to anyone else, here are links to volumes 1 thru 19 of Mahabharata on archive.org.
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Harry Spier <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Mahabharata CE To: Howard Resnick <[email protected]> Hi Howard, Here are the links to pdfs of volumes 1 thru 19 on archive.org vol. 1 https://archive.org/download/SukthankarMbhAdiparvan20141026/Sukthankar_Mbh_%C4%81diparvan_2014-10-26.pdf vol.2 https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.283220/2015.283220.The-Mahabharata.pdf vol. 3 https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327550/2015.327550.The-Mahabharata.pdf vol. 4 https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327556/2015.327556.The-Mahabharata.pdf vol 5 https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327557/2015.327557.The-Mahabharata.pdf vol. 6 https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327547/2015.327547.The-Mahabharata.pdf vol. 7 https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327549/2015.327549.The-Mahabharata.pdf vol. 8 https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327548/2015.327548.The-Mahabharata.pdf Vol. 9 https://archive.org/download/dli.ernet.277473/277473-Mahabharata.pdf vol. 10 https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327555/2015.327555.The-Mahabharata.pdf vol 11 https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.485492/2015.485492.The-Mahabharata.pdf vol. 12 https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327551/2015.327551.The-Mahabharata.pdf vol. 13 https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.485851/2015.485851.The-Mahabharata.pdf vol. 14 https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327558/2015.327558.The-Mahabharata.pdf vol. 15 https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.486148/2015.486148.The-Mahabharata.pdf vol. 16 https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327561/2015.327561.The-Mahabharata.pdf vol. 17 https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327560/2015.327560.The-Mahabharata.pdf vol. 18 https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327565/2015.327565.The-Mahabharata.pdf vol. 19 https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327564/2015.327564.The-Mahabharata.pdf Harry Spier On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 3:31 PM Howard Resnick <[email protected]> wrote: > My sincere gratitude. > > On Mar 27, 2024, at 12:32 PM, Harry Spier <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Ill send you the links later today > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2024, 12:05 PM Howard Resnick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Greetings Harry! >> >> I’m afraid I am rather inept at internet searches and am having trouble >> finding the BORI MBh at archive.org. Any help here would be greatly >> appreciated. >> >> Thanks! >> Howard >> >> On Mar 26, 2024, at 9:19 PM, Harry Spier <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Howard, >> A quick look at archive.org shows that many of the earlier volumes are >> downloadable . I see up to vol. 19 by Sukthankar. >> Harry Spier >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 9:03 PM Harry Spier <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear list members, >>> Shouldn't many of the volumes of the BORI critical edition now be in the >>> public domain?. >>> This wikipedia page on the Indian copyright law >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_India >>> states that for works published before 1958 the Indian Copyright Act, >>> 1914 is applicable. >>> And the Indian copyright act of 1914 (link below) >>> https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/in/in121en. >>> pdf page 20 (pdf page 16) states: >>> 3. The term for which copyright shall subsist shall, except as otherwise >>> exressly provided by this Act, be the life of the author and a period of 50 >>> years after his death:. . . . >>> >>> Harry Spier >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 7:51 PM Howard Resnick via INDOLOGY < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Scholars, >>>> >>>> Is there any way to get a digital version of the B.O.R.I. Critical >>>> Edition of Mahabharata? If not, are the hard copies that are for sale more >>>> durable than the old ones which seem to fall apart with use? >>>> >>>> Thanks and best wishes, >>>> Howard >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >>>> >>> >> >
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