mahāBārata | महाBआरत | mahABArata
mahā—Bārata | महा—Bआरत | m. or n. (with or scil. āhava | आहव |, yudḍa | युद्ड | or any word signifying ‘battle’) the gr˚ war of the Bharatas, MBh.; Hariv.
mahā—Bārata | महा—Bआरत | n. (with or scil. āKyāna | आKयान |), ‘great narrative of the war of the Bh˚s’, N. of the gr˚ epic poem in about 215, 000 lines describing the acts and contests of the sons of the two brothers Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Pāṇḍu, descendants of Bharata, who were of the lunar line of kings reigning in the neighbourhood of Hastinā-pura (the poem consists of 18 books with a supplement called Hari-vaṃśa, the whole being attributed to the sage Vyāsa), ĀśvGṛ.; MBh. &c. (IW. 370 &c.)
mahā—Bārata | महा—Bआरत | n. (with or scil. āKyāna | आKयान |), ‘great narrative of the war of the Bh˚s’, N. of the gr˚ epic poem in about 215, 000 lines describing the acts and contests of the sons of the two brothers Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Pāṇḍu, descendants of Bharata, who were of the lunar line of kings reigning in the neighbourhood of Hastinā-pura (the poem consists of 18 books with a supplement called Hari-vaṃśa, the whole being attributed to the sage Vyāsa), ĀśvGṛ.; MBh. &c. (IW. 370 &c.)