What is it?
Goals
Structure
Characters
The Story
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What does Mahabharata mean?
It means tale of the Bharata Dynasty
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How many main goals are there in this epic?
4 main goals
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How many sections are there?
18 sections
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Who were enemies?
Pandavas and the Kauravas
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Who does Duryodhana arranges for his maternal uncle to challenge?
Yudhishthira
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Who wrote it?
Lord Ganesh or the Vasya
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What does dharma mean?
Right Action
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How many sub-sections in each section?
10-15 sub-sections
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Who is the wife of the five son's of Pandu?
Draupadi
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What was the result of the challenge?
The Pandavas have to go into exile.
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The Mahabharata is one of the two major...?
Sanskrit Epics
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What does artha mean?
Purpose
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What's usually in each subsection?
A summary of the previous section and a preview of the next section
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Who are the twins?
Nakula and Sahadeva
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What was the famous battle called?
Battle of Kurukshetra
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How far does the Mahabharata date back to?
The 8th century BCE
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What does kama mean?
Pleasure
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How are the stories set up?
There are stories within the stories of the Mahabharata
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Who is the enormously strong fighter with equally enormous appetites?
Bhima
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Who wins the battle?
The Pandavas
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Over how many words are contained in the Mahabharata?
Over 1.8 million, making it the longest poem in the world
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What is the work for liberation?
Moksha
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What does the Mahabharata tell us since we do not know what is happening in the surround locations?
Background information
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Who is Krishna's friend that is a great warrior?
Arjuna
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Who becomes king?
Yudhishthira
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