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Mahabharata|mɑːhəˈbɑːrətə|
Also Mahābhārata, Mahabharat.
[Skr., ‘the great history of the Bharata dynasty’.]
An ancient Hindu epic.
1784W. Hastings Let. 4 Oct. in C. Wilkins tr. Bhăgvăt-Gēētā (1785) 6 The Măhābhārăt contains the genealogy and general history of the house of Bhaurut, so called from Bhurrut its founder. Ibid. 11 The Măhābhārăt..is said to consist of more than one hundred thousand metrical stanzas, of which he [sc. Wilkins] has at this time translated more than a third. 1788Asiatick Researches I. 351 The next in celebrity [to the Ramayana], if it be not superior in reputation for holiness, was the Mahábhárata of Vyása. 1795C. Wilkins (title) The story of Dooshwanta and Sakoontalā extracted from the Mahābhārata, a poem in the Sanskreet language. 1863M. Williams Indian Epic Poetry 16, I come now to the Mahá-bhárata or Great Bharateid, that is, the great poem which describes the achievements, mutual rivalries, and contests of the descendants of Bharata. 1894J. C. Oman Gt. Indian Epics ii. i. 91 Of the one hundred thousand verses of the Mahabharata not more than a fourth part is concerned with the main story of the epic. 1901E. W. Hopkins Gt. Epic of India ii. 63 The later Rāmāyana..unquestionably betrays acquaintance with the Mahābhārata. 1931E. J. Thomas Song of Lord 22 In Book VI of the Mahābhārata begins the account of the great battle, probably a real event of prehistoric times. 1948S. Radhakrishnan Bhagavadgītā 14 The authorship of the Gītā is attributed to Vyāsa, the legendary compiler of the Mahābhārata. 1967Singha & Massey Indian Dances ii. viii. 88 Plays were written with themes from other sacred works such as the Mahabharata, the Shiva Purana and the Bhagavad Purana. 1972P. Holroyde Indian Mus. iii. 75 Musical instruments had already been mentioned in the Upanishads (c. 600 bc) and in the Mahabharat (c. 500 bc–ad 200). 1972M. Sheppard Taman Indera 69 The patrons of the Javanese and Balinese shadow plays seem always to have preferred the Mahabharata, with its plethora of gods and heroes. 1973J. A. B. van Buitenen Mahābhārata I. p. xiii, The central story of The Mahābhārata takes its matter from the legitimacy of the succession to the kingdom of Kuruksetra in northern India. |