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The epic employs the story within a story structure, otherwise known as frametales, popular in many Indian religious and non-religious works. It is first recited at Takshashila by the sage Vaisampayana, [18] [19] a disciple of Vyasa, to the King Janamejaya who was the great-grandson of the Pandava prince Arjuna.
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.
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.
Sep 7, 2018 · The Hindu holy man Vyasa is generally credited with being the first to compile the Mahabharata, although the entire text was assembled between the 8th and 9th centuries B.C. and the oldest portions date back to almost 400 B.C. Vyasa himself appears several times in the Mahabharata.
Vyasa (Sanskrit: व्यास), literally "Compiler") is also sometimes called Veda Vyāsa (वेदव्यास, veda-vyāsa, "the one who classified the Vedas ") or Krishna Dvaipāyana (referring to his complexion and birthplace). He is generally considered the author of the Mahabharata, as well as a character in it.
The Mahābhārata (महाभारत, mahabharata) is a Sanskrit book written by Vyāsa: The largest epic poem in the world, consisting of 100,000 verses. It contains the history of ancient India and the exploits of its heroes, such as the fate of the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas.
Contained within the Mahabharata is the Bhagavadgita, Hinduism’s single most important religious text. The sage Vyasa (fl. c. 5th century bc) is traditionally named as the Mahabharata’s author, but he probably compiled existing material. The poem reached its present form c. ad 400.
