The P. Lāl transcreation of the complete epic text in 18 volumes comprising the 18 parvas of the maha-kavya. The śloka-by-śloka transcreation of Vyasa’s epic by P. Lāl was completely revised for his reading sessions of the entire maha-kavya in Kolkata. The weekly Sunday readings began in 1999 and continued till 2009. Purushottama Lāl (28 August 1929-3 November 2010), commonly known as P. Lāl, was an Indian poet, essayist, translator, professor and publisher. He was the founder of the publishing firm Writers Workshop in Calcutta, established in 1958. His Mahabharata is the most complete in any language, comprising all the slokas included in all recensions of the work. In addition to the Mahabharata, his translations from Sanskrit included a number of other religious and literary works, including 21 of the Upanisads, as well as plays and lyric poetry. He also translated modern writers such as Premchand (from the Hindi) and Tagore (from the Bengali). View a listing of all 18 Volumes.