The Serpent's Revenge: Unusual Tales from the Mahabharata

Sudha Murthy has compiled 25 short stories (some localised) from the fringes of the Mahabharata. Some stories like that of the Akshayapatra are well known whereas the others like the yagna by Janamejaya (great grandson of Arjuna) to slay all snakes (to avenge the death of his father Parikshit) not so.