- Category
- Epic scripture / sacred epic
- Claimed author
- Vyasa
- Likely origin
- Mahabharata epic tradition translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
- Date
- Ancient Sanskrit epic layers represented by Ganguli's 1883-1896 public-domain English prose translation
- Language
- Sanskrit
- Manuscripts
- Mahabharata textual tradition represented by Kisari Mohan Ganguli's public-domain English translation across Books 1-18
- Accepted by
- Major Hindu sacred epic and itihasa; includes the Bhagavad Gita and many dharma, mythic, and philosophical layers
The Mahabharata is indexed by book, parva section, and paragraph for Pandavas, Kauravas, Krishna, dharma, kingship, exile, Draupadi, Kurukshetra war, afterlife, ascetic instruction, sacrifice, and Hindu epic comparison.