# The Mahabharata

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- Book: [The Mahabharata](https://www.bookquiver.com/romesh-c-dutt/the-mahabharata) ([The Mahabharata.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/romesh-c-dutt/the-mahabharata.md))
- Authors: [Romesh C Dutt](https://www.bookquiver.com/romesh-c-dutt), [Vyasa](https://www.bookquiver.com/vyasa)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-18-3731-521-5
- Published: 2027-01-28
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent, and is a major text of Hinduism. Its discussion of human goals (artha or 'purpose', kama or 'pleasure', dharma or 'duty', and moksha or 'liberation') takes place in a long-standing tradition, attempting to explain the relationship of the individual to society and the world (the nature of the 'Self') and the workings of karma.