Mahabharatan.

Brit.

/məˌhɑːˈbɑːrətə/,

/ˌmɑːhəˈbɑːrətə/, U.S.

/ˌmɑhəˈbɑrədə/

Forms: 1700s Mahabarit, 1700s– Mahabharat, 1700s– Mahabharata.

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit Mahā-bhārata.

Etymology: < Sanskrit Mahā-bhārata < mahā- great (see mickle adj.) + bhārata the story of the Bharata dynasty and its wars.The word is sometimes heard with the non-Sanskrit stress pattern Maˌhabhaˈrata.

(The name of) one of the two major ancient Hindu epics, traditionally ascribed to the poet Vyāsa and containing the central Hindu religious text, the Bhagavadgita. Cf. Ramayana n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem > specific epic poems

AeneidOE

OdysseyOE

Iliad1579

Ramayana1714

Theseid1725

Thebaïd1728

Cid1755

Mahabharata1768

Nibelungenlied1810

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > legend or folk tale > [noun] > types of legend or folk tale > legends or folk tales of specific cultures

the Grailc1330

sangrail1470

saga1709

Mahabharata1768

nancy storya1818

Anansi tale1856

Anansi story1873

immram1895

1768 A. Dow tr. M. Firishtah Hist. Hindostan I. i. 1 The Mahabarit..consists of about one hundred and twenty thousand periods.

1784 W. Hastings Let. 4 Oct. in C. Wilkins tr. Bhăgvăt-Gēētā (1785) 6 The Măhābhārăt contains the genealogy and general history of the house of Bhaurut, so called from Bhurrut its founder.

1789 Asiatick Researches 1 351 The next in celebrity [to the Ramayana], if it be not superior in reputation for holiness, was the Mahábhárata of Vyása.

1795 C. Wilkins (title) The story of Dooshwanta and Sakoontalā extracted from the Mahābhārata, a poem in the Sanskreet language.

1863 M. Williams Indian Epic Poetry 16 I come now to the Mahá-bhárata or Great Bharateid, that is, the great poem which describes the achievements, mutual rivalries, and contests of the descendants of Bharata.

1931 E. J. Thomas Song of Lord 22 In Book VI of the Mahābhārata begins the account of the great battle, probably a real event of prehistoric times.

1972 P. Holroyde Indian Music iii. 75 Musical instruments had already been mentioned in the Upanishads (c. 600 bc) and in the Mahabharat (c. 500 bc– ad 200).

1973 J. A. B. van Buitenen Mahābhārata I. p. xiii The central story of The Mahābhārata takes its matter from the legitimacy of the succession to the kingdom of Kuruksetra in northern India.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mahabharata
释义	Mahabharatan. Brit. /məˌhɑːˈbɑːrətə/, /ˌmɑːhəˈbɑːrətə/, U.S. /ˌmɑhəˈbɑrədə/ Forms: 1700s Mahabarit, 1700s– Mahabharat, 1700s– Mahabharata. Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit Mahā-bhārata. Etymology: < Sanskrit Mahā-bhārata < mahā- great (see mickle adj.) + bhārata the story of the Bharata dynasty and its wars.The word is sometimes heard with the non-Sanskrit stress pattern Maˌhabhaˈrata. (The name of) one of the two major ancient Hindu epics, traditionally ascribed to the poet Vyāsa and containing the central Hindu religious text, the Bhagavadgita. Cf. Ramayana n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem > specific epic poems AeneidOE OdysseyOE Iliad1579 Ramayana1714 Theseid1725 Thebaïd1728 Cid1755 Mahabharata1768 Nibelungenlied1810 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > legend or folk tale > [noun] > types of legend or folk tale > legends or folk tales of specific cultures the Grailc1330 sangrail1470 saga1709 Mahabharata1768 nancy storya1818 Anansi tale1856 Anansi story1873 immram1895 1768 A. Dow tr. M. Firishtah Hist. Hindostan I. i. 1 The Mahabarit..consists of about one hundred and twenty thousand periods. 1784 W. Hastings Let. 4 Oct. in C. Wilkins tr. Bhăgvăt-Gēētā (1785) 6 The Măhābhārăt contains the genealogy and general history of the house of Bhaurut, so called from Bhurrut its founder. 1789 Asiatick Researches 1 351 The next in celebrity [to the Ramayana], if it be not superior in reputation for holiness, was the Mahábhárata of Vyása. 1795 C. Wilkins (title) The story of Dooshwanta and Sakoontalā extracted from the Mahābhārata, a poem in the Sanskreet language. 1863 M. Williams Indian Epic Poetry 16 I come now to the Mahá-bhárata or Great Bharateid, that is, the great poem which describes the achievements, mutual rivalries, and contests of the descendants of Bharata. 1931 E. J. Thomas Song of Lord 22 In Book VI of the Mahābhārata begins the account of the great battle, probably a real event of prehistoric times. 1972 P. Holroyde Indian Music iii. 75 Musical instruments had already been mentioned in the Upanishads (c. 600 bc) and in the Mahabharat (c. 500 bc– ad 200). 1973 J. A. B. van Buitenen Mahābhārata I. p. xiii The central story of The Mahābhārata takes its matter from the legitimacy of the succession to the kingdom of Kuruksetra in northern India. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1768
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