Mahabharata

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit महाभारत (mahābhārata).

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

Mahabharata

1. (Hinduism, mythology) An ancient Sanskrit epic concerning some text of the Bhagavad Gita, including elaborations on theology and morality.

Translations

ancient Sanskrit epic

• Assamese: মহাভাৰত (mohabharot)
• Bengali: মহাভারত (bn) (mohabharot)
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: মহাভারত
• Burmese: မဟာဘာရတ (ma.habhara.ta.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 摩訶婆羅多 / 摩诃婆罗多 (zh) (Móhēpóluóduō)

• Esperanto: Mahabarato
• Finnish: Mahabharata
• French: Mahabharata (fr) m
• Greek: Μαχαμπαράτα f (Machamparáta), Μαχαβαράτα f (Machavaráta)
• Gujarati: મહાભારત (mahābhārat)
• Hindi: महाभारत (hi) m (mahābhārat)
• Hungarian: Mahábhárata (hu)
• Indonesian: Mahabharata
• Japanese: マハーバーラタ (Mahābārata)
• Kannada: ಮಹಾಭಾರತ (kn) (mahābhārata)
• Khmer: មហាភារតយុទ្ធ (mea’haa pʰierea’ta’yut)
• Korean: 마하바라타 (Mahabarata)
• Lao: ມະຫາພາຣະຕະ (ma hā phā ra ta)
• Malayalam: മഹാഭാരതം (ml) (mahābhārataṁ)
• Marathi: महाभारत n (mahābhārat)
• Nepali: महाभारत (mahābhārat)
• Newar: महाभारत (mahābhārata)
• Odia: ମହାଭାରତ (or) (mahābhārata)
• Pali: महाभारत (mahābhārata)
• Punjabi: ਮਹਾਂਭਾਰਤ (mahāmbhārat)
• Russian: Махабха́рата f (Maxabxárata)
• Sanskrit: महाभारत (sa) (mahābhārata)
• Sundanese: ᮙᮠᮘᮛᮒ (Mahabarata)
• Tamil: மகாபாரதம் (ta) (makāpāratam)
• Telugu: మహాభారతము (te) (mahābhāratamu)
• Thai: มหาภารตะ (th) (máhăapaarádtà)
• Tibetan: མ་ཧ་བ་ར་ཏ (ma ha ba ra ta)
• Urdu: مہابھارت (mahābhārat)