Mahabharata

• Mahabharata

  • composed by VYASA several thousand years ago
  • the LONGEST SANSKRIT epic ever written; a collection of more than 74,000 verses, divided into 18 books
  • Well-regarded in INDIA and among the HINDUS
  • contains the BHAGAVAD GITA - the most famous gaspel
• Dushyant - powerful KING of ANCIENT INDIA

  Shakuntala - FOSTER DAUGHTER of sage KANVA; born to Menaka and sage Vishwamitra
• Bharata - SON of Dushyant and Shakuntala; founder of KURU dynasty

  Shantanu - Son and HEIR of King Dushyant
• Ganga - married to king SHANTANU of HASTINAPUR
• Devavrata - 8TH Son of king Shantanu and Queen Ganga; also known as BHEESHMA
• Vashishtha - a SAINT GOD

  Satyavati - CHIEF fisherman's DAUGHTER
• Chitrangad and Vichitravirya - sons of SATYAVATI
• Vichitravirya - married to two KASHI princesses, amba and ambika
• • Nymph - a fairy
  • Damsel - a young woman
• • Curtly - rudely
  • Immense - a fairy
• • Decimated - killed
  • Tribulations - trials
• • Advent - arrival
  • Boon - a blessing