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/
Audio (US): (file)

Proper noun

Mahabharata

(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)