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Friday 18 March 2016

"Mahabharat"

"Mahabharat" is the biggest book in the world containing 1,00,000 slokas. It is widely accepted that it wasnt the same in size in first edition.
First one was "Jay", with nearly 25,000 slokas, the second was "Bharat", the third and final is what we've today "Mahabharat"with 1 lakh slokas.
It is said that "Yanna Bharate tanna bharate", means whatever is in Mahabharat is everywhere and whatever is not here that is no where. This line is the biggest complement for the book. Because whatever happens in the world that we can observe in mahabharat also. Birth, love,hatred, rivalry, envy, greed for power, Good V/s Evil, betrayal, Morality- immorality & New Morality, Oath, WAR, killing- (Massacre), prosperity, peace and ultimately Death, - everything is present here.
This meta narrative stands as icon for Indian culture.
As a story it tries to include tale 

  • Mahabharat is divided into 18 Parva.
  • Adi Parva
  • Sabha Parva
  • Vana Parva
  • Virata Parva
  • Udyoga parva
  • -Bhishma parva
  •  Drona parva
  • Karna Parva
  • - Shalya parva
  • Sauptika Parva
  • Stri Parva
  • Shanti Parva
  • Anushasana Parva
  • Ashvamedhika Parva
  • Ashramavasika Parva
  • Mausala Parva
  • Mahaprasthanika Parva
  • Svargarohana Parva
  • Harivamsa Parva 


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