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Mahakshana

Mahakshana

Arun Krishnan
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Devavrata stands on the brink of becoming Bhishma. Amba’s humiliation hardens into vengeance. Dhushasana steels himself for an act that will scar history. Bhima waits for the moment to strike Kichaka. Karna wrestles with the consequences of using the all-powerful Shakti on Ghatothgacha. Abhimanyu contemplates before entering into the Chakravyuha on the Kurukshetra battlefield.
These are not stories of gods and heroes. They are stories of desire and doubt, rage and love, ambition and guilt—of ordinary human emotions colliding with extraordinary destinies.
In this extraordinary retelling of the Mahabharata, Mahakshana, Arun Krishnan steps inside the minds of the men and women who shaped Bharatavarsha, capturing them at the instant when choice becomes destiny.

Imprint: Ebury Press

Published: Oct/2026

ISBN: 9789377300449 (Paperback)

Length : 272 Pages

MRP : ₹399.00

Mahakshana

Arun Krishnan

Devavrata stands on the brink of becoming Bhishma. Amba’s humiliation hardens into vengeance. Dhushasana steels himself for an act that will scar history. Bhima waits for the moment to strike Kichaka. Karna wrestles with the consequences of using the all-powerful Shakti on Ghatothgacha. Abhimanyu contemplates before entering into the Chakravyuha on the Kurukshetra battlefield.
These are not stories of gods and heroes. They are stories of desire and doubt, rage and love, ambition and guilt—of ordinary human emotions colliding with extraordinary destinies.
In this extraordinary retelling of the Mahabharata, Mahakshana, Arun Krishnan steps inside the minds of the men and women who shaped Bharatavarsha, capturing them at the instant when choice becomes destiny.

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Arun Krishnan

Arun Krishnan is an engineer by education, scientist by training, entrepreneur by accident, storyteller by passion and musician by instinct, but his favourite title is ‘girl-dad’.

Krishnan is the author of the acclaimed The Battle of Vathapi trilogy and Daughter of Two Rivers, a book that has been long-listed for the IGF Archer-Amish Award for Storytellers and shortlisted for the 2026 S.L. Bhyrappa Prize for Indian Historical Fiction.

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