The Mahābhārata (Devanāgarī: महाभारत) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa. The epic is part of the Hindu itihāsa (literally "history"), and forms an important part of Hindu mythology.The label "epic" is regarded by Hindus as discriminatory and offensive by Hindus because the Mahabharata is a holy scripture of Hindus before being a literary piece or anything else.As such, it should be referred to as ~"holy scripture" rather than the technical classification "epic".
The title may be translated as "the great tale of the Bharata dynasty". According to theMahābhārata's own testimony it is extended from a shorter version simply called Bhārata of 24,000 verses.
Traditionally, the authorship of the Mahābhārata is attributed to Vyasa.There have been many attempts to unravel its historical growth and composition layers. Its earliest layers probably date back to the late vedic period(ca. 8th c. BC)and it probably reached its final form by the timetheGupta period began (ca. 4th c. CE).
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