Mahabharata

Mahabharata

English

Alternative forms

• Maha-Bharata, Maha-bharata, Maha Bharata, Maha bharata (without macrons)
• Mahābhārata, Mahā-Bhārata, Mahā-bhārata, Mahā bhārata (with macrons)

Etymology

From Sanskrit महाभारत (Mahābhārata).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /mə.hɑˈbɑ.ɹə.tə/
• (Indian English) IPA^(key): /mə.ɦɑːˈbʱɑː.ɾə.t̪ə/

Proper noun

Mahabharata

1. (Hinduism) A Sanskrit epic concerning some text of Bhagavad Gita plus elaborations on theology and morality.

Translations

A Sanskrit epic

Assamese: মহাভাৰত (mahābhārat) Bengali: মহাভারত (bn) (môhabharôt) Bihari: महाभारत (mahābhārat) Bishnupriya Manipuri: মহাভারত Burmese: မဟာဘာရတ (ma.habhara.ta.) Chinese: Mandarin: 摩訶婆羅多 (zh), 摩诃婆罗多 (zh) (Móhēpóluóduō) Finnish: Mahabharata Gujarati: મહાભારત (mahābhārat) Hindi: महाभारत (hi) m (mahābhārat) Kannada: ಮಹಾಭಾರತ (kn) (mahābhārata) Khmer: មហាភារតយុទ្ធ (mea’haa pʰierea’ta’yut) Malayalam: മഹാഭാരതം (ml) (mahābhārataṃ)

Marathi: महाभारत n (mahābhārata) Nepali: महाभारत (mahābhārata) Newari: महाभारत (mahābhārata) Oriya: ମହାଭାରତ (or) (mahābhārat) Pali: महाभारत (mahābhārata) Punjabi: ਮਹਾਂਭਾਰਤ (mahāmbhārt) Russian: Махабха́рата f (Maxabxárata) Sanskrit: महाभारतम् (sa) (mahābhāratam) Tamil: மகாபாரதம் (ta) (makāpāratam) Telugu: మహాభారతము (te) (mahābhāratamu) Thai: มหาภารตะ (th) (máhăapaarádtà) Tibetan: མ་ཧ་བ་ར་ཏ (ma ha ba ra ta)