Mahabharata Resources

Mahabharata Resources

The purpose of this site is to provide resources on the Great Itihasa, Mahabharata.

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Introductions to Mahabharata

Jaya - Siddhinathananda Swami
Explains the meaning of Jaya, the other name of Mahabharata, its connection with Sacrifice via the number eighteen which pervades Mahabharata.
Introduction to Mahabharata by Dr. P. Lal
Read this article in French, Malayalam

Texts of Mahabharata available on the internet

Mahabharata with Bhavadipa commentary of Nilakantha, published by Gopal Narayan and Co., Bombay, 1901.
Mahabharata wih the commentary "Bhavadipa" of Nilakantha parts 1 and 2
Mahabharata wih the commentary "Bhavadipa" of Nilakantha parts 3 and 4
Mahabharata wih the commentary "Bhavadipa" of Nilakantha parts 5 and 6
Mahabharata wih the commentary "Bhavadipa" of Nilakantha parts 7 to 9
Mahabharata wih the commentary "Bhavadipa" of Nilakantha parts 10 to 12
Mahabharata wih the commentary "Bhavadipa" of Nilakantha parts 13 to 18
Sriman Mahabharatam, a new edition, mainly based on the Southern Indian Texts, with footnotes and readings.
Edited by T. Krishnacharya and T.R. Vyasacharya, Proprietors, Madhva Vilas Book Depot, Kumbakonam.
Printed at the Davaji Dadaji's Nirnayasagar Press, Bombay, 1906.
Sriman Mahabharatam: mainly based on the South Indian texts 1
Sriman Mahabharatam: mainly based on the South Indian texts 2
Sriman Mahabharatam: mainly based on the South Indian texts 3
Sriman Mahabharatam: mainly based on the South Indian texts 4
Sriman Mahabharatam: mainly based on the South Indian texts 5
Sriman Mahabharatam: mainly based on the South Indian texts 6
Sriman Mahabharatam: mainly based on the South Indian texts 7
Sriman Mahabharatam: mainly based on the South Indian texts 8
Sriman Mahabharatam: mainly based on the South Indian texts 9
Sriman Mahabharatam: mainly based on the South Indian texts 10
Sriman Mahabharatam: mainly based on the South Indian texts 11
Sriman Mahabharatam: mainly based on the South Indian texts 12
Sriman Mahabharatam: mainly based on the South Indian texts 13
Sriman Mahabharatam: mainly based on the South Indian texts 14
Sriman Mahabharatam: mainly based on the South Indian texts 15
Sriman Mahabharatam: mainly based on the South Indian texts 16
Sriman Mahabharatam: mainly based on the South Indian texts 17
Critical Edition of Mahabharata
Electronic text of Mahabharata (Critical Edition) available from here thanks to Dr. Muneo Tokunaga and Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute and Dr. John Smith

Sanskrit Recensions and Editions of the Mahabharata

Harivamsa (On-going Project)

To Harivamsa Resources Page
Text of Harivamsa (Sanskrit text follows that edited by Pandit Ramachandrashastri Kinjawadekar and published by the chitrasala press in 1936. Text in itrans prepared by K.S. Ramachandran and Gilles Shchhaufelberger.
English Translation of
Harivamsha Parva by Desiraju Hanumanta Rao.
Vishnu Parva by A. Purushothaman and A. Harindranath
Bhavishya Parva (ongoing) by A. Purushothaman and A. Harindranath
Selections from Vishnu Parva of Southern Recension
Sheshadharamaprakaranam
The Appendix II of the Critical Edition of the BORI Harivamsa contains a section called Sheshadharmaprakaranam found in a few manuscripts of Harivamsa and in a few independent manuscripts.
Text in itrans prepared by A. Purushothaman.
Scanned texts of Harivamsa with Nilakantha commentary available on the internet

English Translation of mahabharata by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

English Downloadable electronic text available at www.sacred-texts.com
Ganguli translation of the Mahabharata in full text as pdf-files
Chapterwise table of contents of the Ganguli translation (45 pages). Prepared by Duncan Watson

Selections from Translations (on line)

By Edwin Arnold Indian Idylls from Sanskrit Mahabharata (Savitri, Nala and Damayanti, The Enchanted Lake, The Saint's Temptation, The Birth of Death, The Night of Slaughter, The Great Journey, The Entry into Heaven)
Selections from Translation in French by Gilles Schaufelberger and Guy Vincent
This site also contains among others, a complete book by book and chapter by chapter summary of the Epic in French.

Anugita

English Translation by Kashinath Trimbak Telang
English Translation by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Anugita, an expose on samkhya and yoga doctrines in the Mahabharata - Guy Vincent (Translated by Gilles Schaufulberger)

Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya

Mahabharata-Tatparya-Nirnaya by Acharya Madhva - A critical edition of the oldest datable commentary on the Mahabharata.
Table of Contents of Mahabharata-Tatparya-Nirnaya
English summary of Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya of Madhvacharya by Prof. K.T. Pandurangi.
1. Part 1
2. Part 2
3. Part 3
4. Part 4
English Translation of Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya
Chapters 1-9 by B. Gururajah Rao
Chapters 10-16 by by Desiraju Hanumanta Rao
Chapters 17 by Harshala Rajesh based on the Kannada translation by R.H. Kulkarni
Chapters 18 onwards by Harshala Rajesh based on the Kannada translation, explanation and special notes by Dr. Vyasanakere Prabhanjanacharya
Audio archival of a discourse (140 hrs) on Mahabharata in Kannada by Dr. Vyasanakere Prabhanjanacharya based on Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya is available at http://www.vyasamadhwa.org/upanyasa/Mahabharata
For detailed information on Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya, visit this site maintained by Harshala Rajesh