Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Sanskrit epic principally concerning the dynastic struggle and civil war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas in the kingdom of Kurukshetra about the 9th century BC, and containing the text of the Bhagavad-Gita, numerous subplots, and interpolations on theology, morals, and statecraft.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name of one of the two great epic poems of ancient India, the other being the Ramayana.
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- proper noun Hinduism A
Sanskrit epic concerning some text ofBhagavad Gita plus elaborations ontheology andmorality .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families
Etymologies
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Examples
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The man who quite possibly be the greatest warrior in Mahabharata who gave everything he ever owned because of his magnanimity and had to be tricked in ordered to be defeated by Krishna and his cronies.
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Matilal, B.K. (ed): Moral Dilemmas in Mahabharata (Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1989)
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The Mahabharata is an epic tale of terrible and futile wars between the children of two brothers of the Bharata family.
Katherine Marshall: How Hinduism's Mahabharata Can Help Restore Ethics in India Katherine Marshall 2010
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The Mahabharata is an epic tale of terrible and futile wars between the children of two brothers of the Bharata family.
Katherine Marshall: How Hinduism's Mahabharata Can Help Restore Ethics in India Katherine Marshall 2010
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The Mahabharata is not an arbitrary compilation of tales like the Medieval Legends.
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The Mahabharata is an epic tale of terrible and futile wars between the children of two brothers of the Bharata family.
Katherine Marshall: How Hinduism's Mahabharata Can Help Restore Ethics in India Katherine Marshall 2010
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Mahabharata is the most loved epic familiar to all Hindus and its characters and events steeped into their psyche from childhood.
Reader reviews of The Great Transformation by Karen Armstrong. 2006
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But this may soon change for at least one tale called "Mahabharata" -- a poem of nearly two million words about gods and kings, power-hungry relatives, and a climactic 18 day war.
Betwa Sharma: Batman Comics Writer Renovates India's Ancient Epic 2010
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"Mahabharata" -- the journey of the wife Savitri with the god of death,
Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Walt Whitman 1855
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By contrast, the Mahabharata is a massive one hundred thousand verses.
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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