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Input (English): Context: The Harivamsha (also Harivamsa; Sanskrit: "" , "the lineage of Hari (Vishnu)") is an important work of Sanskrit literature, containing 16, 374 shloka, mostly in Anustubh metre. The text is also known as the Harivamsha Purana. This text is believed to be a "khila" (appendix or supplement) to the Mahabharata and is traditionally ascribed to Veda Vyasa. The most celebrated commentary of the Mahabharata by Neelakantha Chaturdhara, the "Bharata Bhava Deepa" also covers the Harivamsha. According to Adi Parva, the Harivamsha is divided into two "parvas" or books and had 12, 000 verses. The manuscripts found in the 19th century in different parts of India included three portions known as parvas - the Adi Parva, the Vishnu Parva and the Bhavishya Parva. These are included with the eighteen parvas of the Mahabharata., Hinduism is a religion, or a way of life, found most notably in India and Nepal. Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, and some practitioners and scholars refer to it as "", "the eternal law," or the "eternal way," beyond human origins. Scholars regard Hinduism as a fusion or synthesis of various Indian cultures and traditions, with diverse roots and no founder. This "Hindu synthesis" started to develop between 500 BCE and 300 CE following the Vedic period (1500 BCE to 500 BCE)., Neelakantha Chaturdhara (IAST: "Nlakaha Caturdhara") was a scholar who lived in Varanasi in the later half of the 17th century, famous for his commentary on the Mahabharata., The Mahabharata or Mahbhrata (US ; UK  "") is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the "Ramayana"., The Bhgavata Pura (Devanagari: ; also rmad Bhgavata Mah Pura, rmad Bhgavatam or Bhgavata) is one of Hinduism's eighteen great Puranas ("Mahapuranas", great histories). Composed in Sanskrit and available in almost all Indian languages, it promotes "bhakti" (devotion) to Krishna integrating themes from the Advaita (monism) philosophy of Adi Shankara., The Adi Parva or the Book of the Beginning is the first of eighteen books of the Mahabharata.  is a Sanskrit word that means first. , Kritavarma ( Sanskrit :  , Ktavarm ) was an important and one of the bravest Yadava warriors and chieftain , and a contemporary of Krishna . He finds mention in several ancient Sanskrit texts including the Mahbhrata , the Vishnu Purana , the Bhagavata Purana and the Harivamsa . According to the Puranas , he was born in the most fearless Andhaka clan of the mighty Yadavas , and son of Hidika . Though he is depicted as a devotee of Krishna in the Vishnu Purana , apparently he was not in good terms with Krishna , and was one of the conspirators who plotted to kill Satrajit , Krishna 's father - in - law during the Syamantaka Jewel episode . During the great battle at Kurukshetra , Kritavarma was an ally of the Kauravas against the Pandavas and led the Yadava army ( also called the Narayani Sena ) . He was one of the three survivors of the entire Kaurava army and had helped Ashwatthama in carrying out his night attack on Panchala warriors , in which the latter had slaughtered among others , Dhrishtadyumna ( the Pandava commander - in - chief ) , Shikhandi and the five sons of Draupadi . The event is described in the Sauptika Parva of the Mahbhrata . He returned to his kingdom after the war and was later killed by Satyaki in Dwarka during the final departure of the Yadavas , as we find in the Mausala Parva of the Mahbhrata ., Shloka (meaning "song", from the root "ru", "hear") is a category of verse line developed from the Vedic Anustubh poetic meter. It is the basis for Indian epic verse, and may be considered the Indian verse form "par excellence", occurring, as it does, far more frequently than any other meter in classical Sanskrit poetry. The "Mahabharata" and "Ramayana", for example, are written almost exclusively in shlokas. The traditional view is that this form of verse was involuntarily composed by Valmiki in grief, the author of the Ramayana, on seeing a hunter shoot down one of two birds in love., Subject: kritavarma, Relation: present_in_work, Options: (A) mahabharata (B) roots
Output (English): mahabharata