{"product_id":"mṛtyunjaya-the-death-conqueror-the-story-of-karna-shivaji-sawant","title":"Mṛtyuñjaya – The Death Conqueror: The Story of Karna - Shivaji Sawant","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"149\" data-end=\"218\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"149\" data-end=\"159\"\u003eTitle: M\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"162\" data-end=\"216\"\u003eṛtyuñjaya – The Death Conqueror: The Story of Karna\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp data-start=\"220\" data-end=\"250\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"220\" data-end=\"231\"\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/strong\u003eShivaji Sawant\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp data-start=\"252\" data-end=\"287\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"252\" data-end=\"266\"\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/strong\u003eWriters Workshop\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp data-start=\"289\" data-end=\"325\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"289\" data-end=\"308\"\u003eEdition \u0026amp; Year: \u003c\/strong\u003e2008 Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp data-start=\"327\" data-end=\"351\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"327\" data-end=\"337\"\u003ePages: \u003c\/strong\u003e697 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"378\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"362\"\u003eSize: \u003c\/strong\u003e6 in x 9 in\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp data-start=\"380\" data-end=\"405\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"380\" data-end=\"391\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/strong\u003eHardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp data-start=\"1090\" data-end=\"1504\"\u003eFirst published in Marathi and later translated into several Indian languages, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1169\" data-end=\"1224\"\u003eShivaji Sawant’s \u003cem data-start=\"1188\" data-end=\"1222\"\u003eMṛtyuñjaya – The Death Conqueror\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e remains one of the most celebrated retellings of the \u003cem data-start=\"1278\" data-end=\"1291\"\u003eMahābhārata\u003c\/em\u003e. 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