The Mahābhārata
← all texts · Hindu · c. 400 BCE – 400 CE
What this is
The longest epic ever written — the war of the Pandavas and Kauravas, and within it the Bhagavad Gita. A vast encyclopedia of myth, law and philosophy. Ganguli's complete English prose is on Gutenberg.
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The gods & things in it
Arjuna🎨 Brahma🎨 Durga🎨 Kama🎨 Kartikeya🎨 Krishna🎨 Lakshmi🎨 Parvati🎨 Rama🎨 Saraswati🎨 Shiva🎨 Surya🎨 Vishnu🎨 Yama🎨Companion reading path
What to read alongside it, and why.
The Bhagavad Gita
Hindu
The jewel at the epic's center.
The Rāmāyaṇa
Hindu
The other great Sanskrit epic — read them as a pair.