Who wrote the Mahabharata?

Vyasa
Mahabharata/Authors
While Rishi Vyasa is believed to be the creator of the Mahabharata, he is also a character in the epic. Vyasa, son of Satyavati and Parashara, is the biological father of the Kuru kings Pandu and Dhritarashtra, but they are not seen as Vyasa’s sons, rather as the medium through which the Kuru royal lineage continues.

Why is it called Mahabharata?

Jaya was about spiritual victory, Vijaya was about material victory, Bharata was the story of a clan and the last version included all the wisdom of the land called Bharat-varsha (India) that’s why it was named Mahabharat.

What is the best translation of the Mahabharata?

The translation was done directly from the Sanskrit source during the years 1883-1896 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli and this is often referred to as the comprehensive Ganguli translation of the Mahabharata. The Mahabharata can also be found here on holybooks.com in the Pratap Chandra Roy-version.

How many books are there in the Mahabharata?

Bibek Debroy’s unabridged English translation of the Mahabharata started in 2010, when volumes 1 and 2 were published. Thereafter, two volumes a year kept coming out, and the ninth and tenth volumes were published in December 2014, bringing to an end this mammoth effort.

What is the Mahabharata of Vyasa – English prose translation?

The Mahabharata of Vyasa – English Prose Translation is a single volume edition of the Mahabharata in not less than 5.818 pages. The translation was done directly from the Sanskrit source during the years 1883-1896 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli and this is often referred to as the comprehensive Ganguli translation of the Mahabharata.

Did Ganesha write the Mahabharata?

The first section of the Mahābhārata states that it was Ganesha who wrote down the text to Vyasa’s dictation, but this is regarded by scholars as a later interpolation to the epic and the “Critical Edition” doesn’t include Ganesha at all.