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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 Adi Parva or The Book of the Beginning is the first of eighteen books of the Mahabharata. "Ādi" ( आदि ) in Sanskrit means "first". Adi Parva traditionally has 19 parts and 236 adhyayas (chapters).
The most celebrated commentary of the Mahabharata by Neelakantha Chaturdhara, the Bharata Bhava Deepa also covers the Harivamsa. According to a traditional version of the Mahabharata, the Harivamsa is divided into two parvas (books) and 12,000 verses. [2] These are included with the eighteen parvas of the Mahabharata. [3]
The Udyoga Parva (Sanskrit: उद्योग पर्वः), or the Book of Effort, is the fifth of eighteen books of the Indian epic Mahābhārata. [1] Udyoga Parva traditionally has 10 parts and 199 chapters. [2] [3] The critical edition of Sabha Parva has 12 parts and 197 chapters. [4] [5]
This is a controversial book in the Mahabharata. In the 2nd-century CE Spitzer Manuscript found in Kizil Caves, China, which includes a table of contents of the Mahabharata, there is no mention of the Virata Parva and Anushasana Parva. [6] [7] Similarly, the old Mahabharata manuscripts in Sarada script discovered in Kashmir do not include this ...
Sabha Parva, also called the "Book of the Assembly Hall", is the second of eighteen books of Mahabharata. [1] Sabha Parva traditionally has 10 parts and 81 chapters. [2] [3] The critical edition of Sabha Parva has 9 parts and 72 chapters. [4] [5] Sabha Parva starts with the description of the palace and assembly hall (sabha) built by Maya, at ...
The novel narrates the story of Mahabharata mostly using monologue as a literary technique. Several principal characters found in the original Mahabharata reminisce almost their entire lives. Both the setting and the context for the reminiscence is the onset of the Kurukshetra War. The novel begins with a conversation in the court of Madra desha.
The Mahabharata manuscripts exist in numerous versions, wherein the specifics and details of major characters and episodes vary, often significantly. Except for the sections containing the Bhagavad Gita which is remarkably consistent between the numerous manuscripts, the rest of the epic exists in many versions. [ 1 ]