The Mahabharata
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The Mahabharata, like The Ramayana is a
famous ancient Sanskrit epic of India which
tells of five princes who were cheated out of their kingdom.
After a period of banishment in the forest they
returned to fight a victorious and righteous war to regain it.
An especially renowned section is called the Bhagavad Gita, in which Arjuna, one of the brothers, is counseled by his charioteer Krishna, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The epic is filled with didactic tales, edifying poems, and fables. It is probably through their constant retelling that Hinduism is most efficiently disseminated from generation to generation. |