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Mahabharatam

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Ma-ha-ba′ra-ta

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Ma-ha-bha′ra-tam

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Noun.
[Skr.
mahābhārata
.]
(Hinduism)
A celebrated sacred epic poem of the Hindus, written in Sanskrit. It is of great length, and is chiefly devoted to a history, in many episodes, of a civil war between two dynasties of ancient India.

Syn. – Mahabharatam, Mahabharatum.