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    The Mahābhārata (/məˌhɑːˈbɑːrətə, ˌmɑːhə-/ mə-HAH-BAR-ə-tə, MAH-hə-; Sanskrit: महाभारतम्, IAST: Mahābhāratam, pronounced [mɐɦaːˈbʱaːrɐt̪ɐm]) is one of...
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    Gandhara', IAST: Gāndhārī) is a prominent figure in the Hindu epic the Mahabharata. She was a princess of Gandhara Kingdom and the wife of Dhritrashtra...
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  • The Mahābhārata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, composed by Vyasa. The main story concerns the sons of Pandu, the Pandavas, i...
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    of Bharata. The legend of Bharata is featured in the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata, where he is mentioned as the son of Dushyanta and Shakuntala. The story...
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    (Sanskrit: कुरुक्षेत्र युद्ध), also called the Mahabharata War, is a war described in the Hindu epic poem Mahabharata (Sanskrit: महाभारत), arising from a dynastic...
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  • (Sanskrit: अम्बिका, romanized: Ambikā) is a princess featured in the Mahabharata. The daughter of Kashya, the King of Kashi, she is abducted by Bhishma...
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    (Sanskrit: अम्बा, romanized: Ambā) is a character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. She is the eldest and most beautiful daughter of Kashya, the King of...
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  • Look up Mahabharata in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Ramayana...
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  • The following is a list of the avataras of the epic Mahabharata, and their original devatas (deities) and others....
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    उत्तरा, romanized: Uttarā) is a princess in Hindu mythology. In the Mahabharata, she is described to be the daughter of Queen Sudeshna and King Virata...
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    Vyasa (category Mahabharata)
    Hindu traditions. He is traditionally regarded as the author of the epic Mahābhārata. Vyasa is also regarded by many Hindus as a partial incarnation (Sanskrit:...
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  • and hypocrisy". A complete description of Kali Yuga is found in the Mahabharata, Manusmriti, Vishnu Smriti, and various Puranas. According to P. V. Kane...
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    Pitamaha, Gangaputra, and Devavrata, is a major character of the epic Mahabharata. He was the supreme commander of the Kaurava forces during the Kurukshetra...
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  • In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Krishna is the son of the Yaduvamsha chief Vasudeva and his wife Devaki. He is also widely known by his epithet, Vāsudeva...
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  • The Mahabharata Secret is the debut novel by Indian author Christopher C. Doyle and was released on 21 October 2013 by Om Books. The story follows Vijay...
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    Karna (category Characters in the Mahabharata)
    Anga-raja, and Radheya, is one of the main protagonists of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. He is the son of the sun god Surya and princess Kunti (mother of the...
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    University Press. pp. 68–84. Mahabharata, Book I: Adi Parva, Section 154 Mahabharata, Book I: Adi Parva, Sections 159-166.) Mahabharata, Book III: Varna Parva...
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    should be peace among the Bhāratas. He is mentioned in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Bahlika was the second of the three sons of Pratipa and his wife Sunanda...
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    Kurus continued into the post-Vedic period, providing the basis for the Mahabharata epic. The main contemporary sources for understanding the Kuru kingdom...
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    Krishna (category Characters in the Mahabharata)
    are generally titled as Krishna Līlā. He is a central figure in the Mahabharata, the Bhagavata Purana, the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, and the Bhagavad Gita...
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    Abhimanyu (category Characters in the Mahabharata)
    (Sanskrit: अभिमन्यु, IAST: Abhimanyu) is a warrior in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He was the son of Arjuna and Subhadra, the younger sister of Krishna...
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    Parashurama (category Characters in the Mahabharata)
    with Rama (the protagonist of the Ramayana). He is mentioned in the Mahabharata as the guru of Bhisma, Drona, Rukmi and Karna. According to Hindu mythology...
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    Barbarika (category Characters in the Mahabharata)
    state that he was a warrior from the south. He was a character in the Mahabharata, a warrior who could change the outcome of battle in just few minutes...
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    about marital life of Karna, one the prominent figures of the Hindu epic Mahabharata, is hardly provided in the narrative. His wives are unnamed and belonged...
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    Draupadi (category Characters in the Mahabharata)
    Panchali, and Yajnaseni, is the main female protagonist of the Hindu epic Mahabharata, and the wife of the five Pandava brothers—Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna...
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    which morphed into Kalki. This proposal is supported by two versions of Mahabharata manuscripts (e.g. the G3.6 manuscript) that have been found, where the...
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  • In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the Upapandavas (IAST: Upapāṇḍava, Sanskrit: उपपाण्डव, lit. junior Pandavas), also known as Pandavaputras (IAST: Pāṇḍavaputra...
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    romanized: Uttarakumāra) is a prince of the Matsya Kingdom featured in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He is the eldest son of King Virata and his wife Sudeshna, at whose...
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  • The Mahabharata is a 1989 film version of the Hindu epic Mahabharata directed by Peter Brook. Brook's original 1985 stage play was 9 hours long, and toured...
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  • and Kampilya was capital of southern Panchala. The Panchala kingdom (Mahabharata) extends from the Himalayas in the north; to the Charmanwati river; with...
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