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   What is the central event of the Mahabharata?

   • The date and even the historical occurrence of the war that is the central event of the Mahabharata are much debated. The story begins when the blindness of Dhritarashtra, the elder of two princes, causes him to be passed over in favour of his brother Pandu as king on their father’s death.

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   Who narrated the Mahabharata?

   • It was first narrated by a student of Vyasa at a snake-sacrifice of the great-grandson of one of the major characters of the story. Including within it the Bhagavad Gita, the Mahabharata is one of the most important texts of ancient Indian, indeed world, literature.

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   How many words are in the Mahabharata?

   • The Mahabharata, also known as the great epic of the Bharata Dynasty, is divided into two books of more than 100,000 verses, each containing two lines or couplets totaling more than 1.8 million words. It is roughly 10 times as long as "The Illiad," one of the most notable Western epic poems.

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   Is the Mahabharata based on a true story?

   • The Mahabharata is an ancient Sanskrit epic poem that tells the story of the kingdom of Kurus. It's based on a real war that took place in the 13th or 14th century B.C. between the Kuru and Panchala tribes of the Indian subcontinent. It is regarded as both a historical account of Hinduism's birth and a code of ethics for the faithful.

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   What is the plot of the Mahabharata?

   • The plot of the Mahabharata revolves around a struggle for political power between two groups of cousins, the Pandavas and the Kauravas. It is made up of about 100,000 couplets divided into 18 sections, making it the longest epic poem in the world's history. Since the epic is so ancient, it's hard to know its origins for certain.

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   Why is Mahabharata important?

   • Mahabharata, one of the two Sanskrit epic poems of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana ). The Mahabharata is an important source of information on the development of Hinduism between 400 bce and 200 ce and is regarded by Hindus as both a text about dharma (Hindu moral law) and a history ( itihasa, literally “that’s what happened”).

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   Aug 25, 2016 · The Mahabharata is an ancient Indian epic where the main story revolves around two branches of a family - the Pandavas and Kauravas - who, in the Kurukshetra War, battle for the throne of Hastinapura. Interwoven into this narrative are several smaller stories about people dead or living, and philosophical discourses.

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   Among the principal works and stories in the Mahābhārata are the Bhagavad Gita, the story of Damayanti, the story of Shakuntala, the story of Pururava and Urvashi, the story of Savitri and Satyavan, the story of Kacha and Devayani, the story of Rishyasringa and an abbreviated version of the Rāmāyaṇa, often considered as works in their own ...

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   May 21, 2024 · Mahabharata, one of the two Sanskrit epic poems of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana). The Mahabharata is an important source of information on the development of Hinduism between 400 BCE and 200 CE and is regarded by Hindus as both a text about dharma (Hindu moral law) and a history.

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   Sep 7, 2018 · The Mahabharata is a Sanskrit epic that tells the story of the war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas for the Bharata kingdom. It is a Hindu holy text that contains the Bhagavad Gita, a sermon on ethics and divinity by Krishna.

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   Oct 4, 2023 · The plot of the Mahabharata revolves around a struggle for political power between two groups of cousins, the Pandavas and the Kauravas. It is made up of about 100,000 couplets divided into 18 sections, making it the longest epic poem in the world's history.

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    Feb 27, 2024 · The Mahabharata is an ancient Indian epic where the main story revolves around two branches of a family – the Pandavas and Kauravas – who, in the Kurukshetra War, battle for the throne of Hastinapura.

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    May 9, 2009 · The innermost narrative kernel of the Mahābhārata tells the story of two sets of paternal first cousins—the five sons of the deceased king Pāṇḍu [pronounced PAAN-doo] (the five Pāṇḍavas [said as PAAN-da-va-s]) and the one hundred sons of blind King Dhṛtarāṣṭra [Dhri-ta-RAASH-tra] (the 100 hundred Dhārtarāṣṭras [Dhaar ...