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AnthadhiThiruvilaiyadal PuranamVinayagar AgavalShastras and sutrasDharma ShastraArtha ShastraKamasutraBrahma SutrasSamkhya SutrasMimamsa SutrasNyāya SūtrasVaiśeṣika SūtraYoga SutrasPramana SutrasCharaka SamhitaSushruta SamhitaNatya ShastraVastu ShastraPanchatantraDivya PrabandhaTirumuraiRamcharitmanasYoga VasisthaSwara yogaShiva SamhitaGheranda SamhitaPanchadasiVedantasaraStotraTimelineTimeline of Hindu textsvteThe Mahābhārata (/məˌhɑːˈbɑːrətə, ˌmɑːhə-/ mə-HAH-BAR-ə-tə, MAH-hə-; Sanskrit: महाभारतम्, Mahābhāratam, pronounced [mɐɦaːˈbʱaːrɐt̪ɐm]) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa. It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between two groups of princely cousins, the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas.