Episode 38 Khandava Fire Debrief, and the Pandava Palace

Why did Krishna and Arjuna enable the massacre of the Khandava Forest? Some theories, some survivors, and the building of the Pandava Palace. 

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Suggested Readings

Hiltebeitel, Alf. "The burning of the forest myth." Hinduism. Brill, 1982. 208-224.

Hiltebeitel, Alf. "The two Kṛṣṇas on one chariot: Upaniṣadic imagery and epic mythology." History of religions 24.1 (1984): 1-26.

Framarin, Christopher G. "Environmental Ethics and the Mahābhārata: The Case of the Burning of the Khandava Forest." Sophia 52.1 (2013): 185-204.