MAHABHARATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mahabharata mean? 

• MAHABHARATA (noun)
  The noun MAHABHARATA has 1 sense:

1. (Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families

  Familiarity information: MAHABHARATA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAHABHARATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Mahabharata; Mahabharatam; Mahabharatum

Instance hypernyms:

religious text; religious writing; sacred text; sacred writing (writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity)

Meronyms (parts of "Mahabharata"):

Bhagavad-Gita; Bhagavadgita; Gita ((Hinduism) the sacred 'song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic); contains a discussion between Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and the purpose of life)

Domain category:

Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)