Mahabharata

The Mahabharata can be read at the following web-sites:

1. http://www.bharatadesam.com/spiritual/mahabharata/index.php

2. from http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/index.htm

i. The Mahabharata

translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli [1883-1896]

Digitizing this unabridged translation of the Mahabharata was a joint venture between sacred-texts and Project Gutenberg.

The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva [Sanskrit]

The Mahabharata, Book 2: Sabha Parva [Sanskrit]

The Mahabharata, Book 3: Vana Parva [Sanskrit]

The Mahabharata, Book 4: Virata Parva [Sanskrit]

The Mahabharata, Book 5: Udyoga Parva [Sanskrit]

The Mahabharata, Book 6: Bhishma Parva [Sanskrit]

The Mahabharata, Book 7: Drona Parva [Sanskrit]

The Mahabharata, Book 8: Karna Parva [Sanskrit]

The Mahabharata, Book 9: Shalya Parva [Sanskrit]

The Mahabharata, Book 10: Sauptika Parva [Sanskrit]

The Mahabharata, Book 11: Stri Parva [Sanskrit]

The Mahabharata, Book 12: Santi Parva [Sanskrit]

The Mahabharata, Book 13: Anusasana Parva [Sanskrit]

The Mahabharata, Book 14: Aswamedha Parva [Sanskrit]

The Mahabharata, Book 15: Asramavasika Parva [Sanskrit]

The Mahabharata, Book 16: Mausala Parva [Sanskrit]

The Mahabharata, Book 17: Mahaprasthanika Parva [Sanskrit]

The Mahabharata, Book 18: Svargarohanika Parva [Sanskrit]

ii. The Mahabharata in Sanskrit

The text of the Mahabharata with parallel Devanagari and Romanization Unicode.

iii. Abridged Versions

a. The Ramayana and Mahabharata

R. Dutt translator [1899]

A very readable abridged version of these epics.

b. Indian Idylls

Sir Edwin Arnold, translator [1883]

More stories from the Mahabharata, rendered in poetry.

c. Love and Death

by Sri Arobindo [1921]

The popular story of Ruru and Priyumvada from the Mahabharata.

3. http://www.urday.in/mahabharata.htm

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5. from http://mahabharata-resources.org/

6. from http://ancientvoice.wikidot.com/source:mahabharata

The source of plain text is www.sacred-texts.com.

Below is the master-index of the 18 books or 'Parvas' of Mahabharata. Click on them to get the index, summary and illustrative paintings for each book.

  1. Adi Parva

  2. Sabha Parva

  3. Vana Parva

  4. Virata Parva

  5. Udyoga Parva

  6. Bhishma Parva

  7. Drona Parva

  8. Karna Parva

  9. Shalya Parva

  10. Sauptika Parva

  11. Stri Parva

  12. Santi Parva

  13. Anusasana Parva

  14. Ashwamedha Parva

  15. Asramavasa Parva

  16. Musala Parva

  17. Mahaprasthanika Parva

  18. Swargarohana Parva

Comparison of the 18 Parvas (books / volumes) of Mahabharata. The radius of each representative sphere is proportional to the number of Sanskrit verses contained in each Parva. Harivamsha is an appendix of Mahabharata. It contains three more Parvas named Harivamsha Parva, Vishnu Parva and Bhavishya Parva within itself.

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