Mahabharata

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Mahâbhârata

(Sk.)

Lit., the “great war”; the celebrated epic poem of India (probably the longest poem in the world) which includes both the Ramayana and the Bhagavad Gîtâ “the Song Celestial”. No two Orientalists agree as to its date. But it is undeniably extremely ancient (TG).

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Shortly: Lit., the “great war”; the celebrated epic poem of India (probably the longest poem in the world) wh...