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The great war of the Bharatas. The great epic poem of the Hindus probably the longest in the world. It is divided into eighteen parvas or books, an... more
An epic poem that recounts the struggle between the Kauravas and Pandavas over the disputed kingdom of Bharata, the ancient name for India. Within this vast narrative is contained a wealth of Indian secular and religious lore. The Bhagavad Gita occurs in the latter portion of the Mahabharata.
The story of Lord Krishna's period in human form on earth. The era was a time of a great war symbolic of the destruction of evil in society.
The epic history of "greater India" composed by Dvaipayana Vyasa. One chapter is the Bhagavad-gita.
The oldest of the Indian epics, dating to the first millennium BC
An Indian epic known throughout much of Southeast Asia from which many stories are drawn for wayang or shadow play.
Sanskrit epic about the battle between the Pandavas and Kauravas
Epic of the battle of the aristocrats in the Vedic culture during the pastimes of Krishna, out of which the Gîtâ has been taken.
one of the two majestic epic poems of India, comprising 200 000 verses. Specialists state that it has been a collective work, elaborated along centuries; the present form would date of the 5th century about. It's a long saga, most probably partly based on historic facts which occured around 2500 B.C., between two royal families, the Pândava and the Kaurava. Every Indian knows this story, which is supposed to have been drawn up by Ganesh under the dictation of Sage Vyâsa. In the Part six can be found the Bhagavad Gît
The second-century bce epic about Krishna and the five royal Pandu brothers who must battle their Kuru cousins. It contains the famous Bhagavad Gita.
The Epic of the Bharata family. An important scripture in "Epic Hinduism."
The Hindu epic that relates the story of the five Pandava princes. It includes the Bhagavad Gita.
In Hinduism: The "Great Epic of the Bharatas," containing 90,000 stanzas, is a compilation of ancient Indian epic material made probably between the 2nd Century BCE and the end of the 1st Century CE. It includes the Bhagavadgita.
epic relating the history of B h a r a t a v a r s h a, the empire of India that controlled the world five thousand years ago. It deals with the struggle of the nobles of the v e d i c culture at the time of K r i s h n a from which is taken the G î t â (see V y â s a d e v a).
(Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families
The celebrated Hindu epic containing the Bhagavad Gita.
(ma·hab·ha·ra·ta) Indian national epic: one of India 's two great national epic poems, written in Sanskrit from about 400 bc. It tells of the great war in northern India between the Pandava and Kaurava families. The "Bhagavad-Gita" is the most important section of the Mahabharata.
An epic written between 500-200 B.C.
an epic history of ancient India in Sanskrit language, composed by Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasadeva in 100,000 verses.
India's greatest epic poem, fifteen times longer than the Bible. The first written versions of it date back to the fifth or sixth century BC
The great Indian epic, full of moral values and great teachings.
The great epic poem of India covering the life of Krishna and a war between two rival families, the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The Bhagavad Gita is part of the Mahabharata.
One of the two great epics of India ( the other being the Ramayana ). More than eight times the size of Homers` Odyssey and Illiad put together. A great dharma teaching. Contains the Bhagavad Gita.
The Hindu epic; the Bhagavad-Gita is part of this epic.
The "great war" celebrated in the epic poem of India, which includes the Ramayana and the Bhagavad Gita.
A Hindu epic.
muh hä bär uh tuh] Indian epic; written down in the last centuries b.c.e.; previously handed down in oral form. (pp. 178)
("Great Bharata"): one of India's two great ancient epics telling of the great war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas and serving as a repository for many spiritual and moral teachings
The (Devanagari: ), is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the . With more than 74,000 verses, long prose passages, and some 1.8 million words in total, it is the longest epic poem in the world.Roughly 10 times the size of the Iliad and Odyssey taken together, and about 4 times the size of the Ramayana. Epics that can be argued as being longer include the Tibetan Epic of King Gesar and the Kyrgyz Manas.