- Textual History
- Major Characters
- The Story
- History and Fiction
- A Sacred Text
- Influence on Literature
- Other Cultural Influences
- Conclusion
Textual History
The Mahabharata, “the story of the great battle of the Bharatas” (Winternitz 1981, 297) with its 100,000 slokas or couplets and long prose passages, is an Indian epic, venerated as a…
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Citation: Kar Barua, Sudeshna. "Mahabharata". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 November 2017 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=23235, accessed 24 November 2024.]