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Mahabharata Manuscript illustration of the Battle of Kurukshetra Information Religion Hinduism Author Vyasa Language Sanskrit Period Principally compiled in 3rd century BCE–4th century CE Chapters 18 Parvas Verses 200,000 Full text Mahabharata at Sanskrit Wikisource Mahabharata at English Wikisource Part of a series on Hindu scriptures and texts Shruti Smriti List Vedas Rigveda Samaveda ...
The last English translation of the Mahabharata, John D Smith’s 2009 Penguin Classics edition, was a happy midway mark between a proper scholarly or academic translated edition and a text for the general reader. —
The war was greatly expanded and modified in the Mahabharata's account, which makes it dubious. [16] Attempts have been made to assign a historical date to the Kurukshetra war, with research suggesting c. 1000 BCE. [14] However, popular tradition claims that the war marks the transition to the Kali Yuga, dating it to c. 3102 BCE. [17]
The Epic-Puranic chronology is a timeline of Hindu mythology based on the Itihasa (the Sanskrit Epics, that is, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana) and the Puranas.These texts have an authoritaive status in Indian tradition, and narrate cosmogeny, royal chronologies, myths and legendary events.
This (Mahabharata) is equal to the Vedas, it is holy and excellent, it is the worthiest of all that should be listened to. It is a Purana, adored by the Rishis, It contains many useful instructions on Artha and Kama. This sacred history makes the heart desire to attain salvation. —
The Karna Parva (Sanskrit: कर्ण पर्व), or the Book of Karna, is the eighth of eighteen books of the Indian Epic Mahabharata. Karna Parva traditionally has 96 chapters. [1] [2] The critical edition of Karna Parv has 69 chapters [3] [4] Karna Parva describes the appointment of Karna as the third commander-in-chief of the Kaurava ...
The Sanskrit epics Ramayana and Mahabharata were composed during this period. [66] The Mahabharata remains the longest single poem in the world. [67] Historians formerly postulated an "epic age" as the milieu of these two epic poems, but now recognise that the texts went through multiple stages of development over centuries. [68]
Some of his writings on the Mahabharata have been collected in the first volume of the 'Sukthankar Memorial Edition'. [ 6 ] The subsequent Parvans were edited on the basis of his framework by a legion of scholars at the Bhandarkar Institute during his tenure and after his death, and the publication of the entire Critical Edition was finally ...