The Mahābhārata is organised into eighteen books, or parvas, running from the dynasty's origins to the Pāṇḍavas' final journey. Each one below has its Sanskrit name, its length and a summary — in English and Kannada.
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The Mahābhārata is presented as it is told; where this site computes anything astronomical it says so and shows the arithmetic.