(Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families
(Noun)
Synonyms:
Mahabharatam
Mahabharatum
Mahabharata Sentence Examples
The Ramayana and Mahabharata afford evidence of the employment of incense by the Hindus, in the worship of the gods and the burning of the dead, from the remotest antiquity.
He is the central figure of legends in the Aitareyabrahmana, Mahabharata and the Markandeyapurana.
There were probably two successive Aryan immigrations, and the tradition of a struggle between them may be preserved in the Mahabharata.
The origin of the name Berar is not known, but may perhaps be a corruption of Vidarbha, the name of a kingdom in the Deccan of which, in the period of the Mahabharata, Berar probably formed part.
According to the Mahabharata he is at last promoted to Paradise as the reward for his munificent charity.
