"Mahabharata" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /mə.hɑˈbɑ.ɹə.tə/ [US], /mə.ɦɑːˈbʱɑː.ɾə.t̪ə/ [Indian-English]
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit महाभारत (mahābhārata). Etymology templates: {{translit|en|sa|महाभारत}} Transliteration of Sanskrit महाभारत (mahābhārata) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Mahabharata
  1. (Hinduism, mythology) An ancient Sanskrit epic concerning some text of the Bhagavad Gita, including elaborations on theology and morality. Wikipedia link: Mahabharata Tags: Hinduism Categories (topical): Books, Hinduism, Mythology Translations (ancient Sanskrit epic): মহাভাৰত (mohabharot) (Assamese), মহাভারত (mohabharot) (Bengali), মহাভারত (Bishnupriya Manipuri), မဟာဘာရတ (ma.habhara.ta.) (Burmese), 摩訶婆羅多 (Chinese Mandarin), 摩诃婆罗多 (Móhēpóluóduō) (Chinese Mandarin), Mahabarato (Esperanto), Mahabharata (Finnish), Mahabharata [masculine] (French), Μαχαμπαράτα (Machamparáta) [feminine] (Greek), Μαχαβαράτα (Machavaráta) [feminine] (Greek), મહાભારત (mahābhārat) (Gujarati), महाभारत (mahābhārat) [masculine] (Hindi), Mahábhárata (Hungarian), マハーバーラタ (Mahābārata) (Japanese), ಮಹಾಭಾರತ (mahābhārata) (Kannada), មហាភារតយុទ្ធ (mea’haa pʰierea’ta’yut) (Khmer), 마하바라타 (Mahabarata) (Korean), ມະຫາພາຣະຕະ (ma hā phā ra ta) (Lao), മഹാഭാരതം (mahābhārataṁ) (Malayalam), महाभारत (mahābhārat) [neuter] (Marathi), महाभारत (mahābhārat) (Nepali), महाभारत (mahābhārata) (Newar), ମହାଭାରତ (môhabharôtô) (Odia), महाभारत (mahābhārata) (Pali), ਮਹਾਂਭਾਰਤ (mahāmbhārat) (Punjabi), Махабха́рата (Maxabxárata) [feminine] (Russian), महाभारत (mahābhārata) (Sanskrit), மகாபாரதம் (makāpāratam) (Tamil), మహాభారతము (mahābhāratamu) (Telugu), มหาภารตะ (máhăapaarádtà) (Thai), མ་ཧ་བ་ར་ཏ (ma ha ba ra ta) (Tibetan), مہابھارت (mahābhārat) (Urdu)

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "ancient Sanskrit epic",
      "word": "ମହାଭାରତ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pi",
      "lang": "Pali",
      "roman": "mahābhārata",
      "sense": "ancient Sanskrit epic",
      "word": "महाभारत"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "mahāmbhārat",
      "sense": "ancient Sanskrit epic",
      "word": "ਮਹਾਂਭਾਰਤ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Maxabxárata",
      "sense": "ancient Sanskrit epic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Махабха́рата"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "mahābhārata",
      "sense": "ancient Sanskrit epic",
      "word": "महाभारत"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "makāpāratam",
      "sense": "ancient Sanskrit epic",
      "word": "மகாபாரதம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "mahābhāratamu",
      "sense": "ancient Sanskrit epic",
      "word": "మహాభారతము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "máhăapaarádtà",
      "sense": "ancient Sanskrit epic",
      "word": "มหาภารตะ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "ma ha ba ra ta",
      "sense": "ancient Sanskrit epic",
      "word": "མ་ཧ་བ་ར་ཏ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "mahābhārat",
      "sense": "ancient Sanskrit epic",
      "word": "مہابھارت"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Mahabharata"
}

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