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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 ...
Narayan's version of the Mahabharata focuses on the central conflict of the epic, the Kurukshetra War, while abridging many of the tangential stories-within-stories found in the original text. It begins with the ancestry of the central characters of the story, starting off with the life of King Santanu , the vow of Bhishma , the birth of the ...
The Vana Parva, also known as the "Book of the Forest", is the third of eighteen parvas in the Indian epic Mahabharata. [1] Vana Parva traditionally has 21 parts and 324 chapters. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The critical edition of Vana Parva is the longest of the 18 books in the epic, [ 4 ] containing 16 parts and 299 chapters.
I approached Dr. Smith’s book with some doubts—how could the world’s longest poem be squeezed into less than 800 pages? The attempts by Narsimhan, R.K. Narayan and others deprive the reader of the thematic richness and the brilliance of Vyasa’s narrative art. But the felicity with which Smith negotiates Vyasa’s labyrinthine forest is ...
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]
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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 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 ...