महाभारत

The Mahābhārata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of India revered as Smriti texts in Sanātana Dharma, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa. It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between two groups of princely cousins, the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas.It also contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the four "goals of life" or puruṣārtha (12.161). 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 right.

Compilation of Mahabharata Texts

Traditionally, the authorship of the Mahābhārata is attributed to Vyāsa. There have been many attempts to unravel its historical growth and compositional layers. The bulk of the Mahābhārata was probably compiled between the 3rd century BCE and the 3rd century CE, with the oldest preserved parts not much older than around 400 BCE.[6][7] The text probably reached its final form by the early Gupta period (c. 4th century CE).[8][9]

Mulagrantham
Mahabharata is a volumnous epic consisting of over 1,00,000 shlokas grouped into 18 Parvas, Upa Parvas and Adhyayas. The entire Sanskrit text is available in this section.

Nilakantha's Mahabharata Bhashyam

Nilakanta Caturdhara's 17th century work, the Bharata Bhava Dipa or 'Light on the inner significance of the (Maha)Bharata' is an influential one on the epic

Shrimadbhagawad Gita

Shrimadbhagawadgita is an integral part of the Mahabharata story and unique in context and content as Shrikrishna is the battle field imaprts the highest knowldge of Atman to Arjun

Bhagawad Shankaracharya Gita Bhashyam

The Bhagavadgita bhashyam by Bhagawad Shankaracharya is a classical commentary on the subtle aspects of the Gita that could only be done by a realized master like Shankara

Facts to Mahabharath

The mahabharata epic is not a story. It contains the crux of vedas and word of Lord Krishna. Knowldge of our glorious past, from Niti, Art of war, Dharma, right action and that pertaining to god communication is provided in a recent form, interwoven as a story , that illuminates a layman as ,uch as a scholar

Mahabharata Facts

The section provides a introduction to the topic , including it's composition,structure and context

Characters of Mahabharata

The characters of Mahabharata, represent a community glorius not only in the war, but also conduct. The people in Mahabharata times possessed esoteric knowldge that allowled them to perform feats that appear astounding even in today's world

Mahabharata Locations

The regions, cities and geographical features mentioned in the Mahabharata are still present in modern India subcontinental proving a historical perspective to the story.

Events Timeline

The events during each day of the war are plotted on a timeline providing a concise view. Thus the entire events of the war time can be visualized and studied.

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