Mahābhārata

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:poetry
Sanskrit literature
gptkbp:adaptedInto gptkb:television_series
gptkb:theatre
films
gptkbp:author gptkb:Vyasa
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Bhagavad_Gita
mythology
rituals
folk tales
genealogies
legends
law codes
philosophical discourses
didactic material
stories of gods and heroes
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:India
gptkbp:date circa 400 BCE – 400 CE
gptkbp:dividedInto 18 parvas
gptkbp:earliestManuscript gptkb:Bhandarkar_Oriental_Research_Institute
gptkbp:firstPublished 19th century
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Itihasa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mahābhārata
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Hinduism
Indian culture
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:oral_tradition
Sanskrit literature
gptkbp:language gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkbp:length about 1.8 million words
over 100,000 shlokas
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Krishna
gptkb:Arjuna
gptkb:Bhima
gptkb:Bhishma
gptkb:Draupadi
gptkb:Duryodhana
gptkb:Karna
gptkb:Kauravas
gptkb:Nakula
gptkb:Pandavas
gptkb:Sahadeva
gptkb:Yudhishthira
gptkbp:mainTheme gptkb:Kurukshetra_War
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Bhagavad_Gita
gptkb:Adi_Parva
gptkb:Anushasana_Parva
gptkb:Drona_Parva
gptkb:Harivamsa
gptkb:Karna_Parva
gptkb:Mahaprasthanika_Parva
gptkb:Mausala_Parva
gptkb:Sabha_Parva
gptkb:Sauptika_Parva
gptkb:Shalya_Parva
gptkb:Shanti_Parva
gptkb:Stri_Parva
gptkb:Swargarohanika_Parva
gptkb:Udyoga_Parva
gptkb:Vana_Parva
gptkb:Virata_Parva
gptkb:Ashvamedhika_Parva
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:Ramayana
gptkb:Harivamsa
gptkb:Jaya
gptkbp:setting ancient India
gptkbp:subject gptkb:philosophy
gptkb:politics
gptkb:war
dharma
fate
justice
morality
righteousness
duty
family feud
gptkbp:translatedInto many languages
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sūta_Gosvāmī
gptkb:Kṣemendra
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7