num_pages: 545
description: The Mahabharata, an ancient and vast Sanskrit poem, is a remarkable collection of epics, legends, romances, theology, and ethical and metaphysical doctrine. The core of this great work is the epic struggle between five heroic brothers, the Pandavas, and their one hundred contentious cousins for rule of the land. This is the first volume in what will ultimately become a multi volume edition encompassing all eighteen books.
language: English
title: The Mahabharata, Volume 1: Book 1: The Book of the Beginning
titlecomplete: The Mahabharata, Volume 1: Book 1: The Book of the Beginning
genres: Classics, Religion, Hinduism, India, Spirituality, Mythology, Poetry
ratings_count: 88
publisher: University of Chicago Press