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Mahabharatam
{ ‖
Ma-ha-ba′ra-ta
, ‖Ma-ha-bha′ra-tam
, }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.