Mahabharata

[ muh-hah-bahr-uh-tuh ]

noun

1. an epic poem of India dealing mainly with the conflict between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, with many digressions: includes the Bhagavad-Gita.

Mahabharata

/ məˌhɑːˈbɑːrətə; məˌhɑːˈbɑːrətəm /

noun

1. an epic Sanskrit poem of India, dealing chiefly with the struggle between two rival families. It contains many separate episodes, the most notable of which is the Bhagavad-Gita

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mahabharata¹

< Sanskrit mahābhārata great ( mahat ) work relating the story of the descendants of Bharata

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mahabharata¹

Sanskrit, from mahā great + bhārata story

Example Sentences

He found his answer in the ancient Sanskrit poem, the Mahabharata, to find the essence of dharma.

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A panel on the ancient Indian epic The Mahabharata (in which I participated) studied the pragmatic morality of this living text.

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In the Brahmanas, Manu, and the Mahabharata, we find a sort of heaven for the virtuous and a hell for the vicious.

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The remaining books of the Mahabharata recount the subsequent incidents of the war, which, in all, lasted for eighteen days.

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They depend very much on the two great epics, especially the Mahabharata.

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They are representations borrowed from the poem of Mahabharata, in the Hindoo mythology.

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The story is told in the Mahabharata, an ancient epic of India.

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