* Lineage of Daksha, The Mahabharata / Book 1: Adi Parva / Section LXV

The Mahabharata translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli ( 1883-1896 ), Book 2: Sabha Parva: Lokapala Sabhakhayana Parva, section: XI.

Examples of such epics include the Nibelungenlied of the Germanic people, the Iliad for the Ancient Greeks and Hellenized societies, the Silappadhikaram of the South Indian people, the Ramayana and Mahabharata of the North Indian people, the Gilgamesh of the Mesopotamian-Sumerian civilization and the people of the Fertile Crescent at large, The Book of One Thousand and One Nights ( Arabian nights ) of the Arab world and the Sundiata epic of the Mandé people.

According to the story set forth in the Ramayana and ( in an abbreviated version ) in the Mahabharata ( Book III: Varna Parva, Section 271 ff.

Markandeya's narration of the story begins at Book III ( Varna Parva ), Section 271 of the Mahabharata.

In the Mahabharata, the sacrifice is performed by Yudhishtira ( Book 14 ), his brothers guarding the horse as it roamed into neighbouring kingdoms.

The Udyoga Parva Book of the Mahabharata narrates that the creator-god Brahma drank so much Amrita that he vomited some of it, from which emerged Surabhi.

The Mahabharata Book 2: Sabha Parva SECTION XXXI locates Trigartas along with Dasharnas, the Sivis, the Amvashtas, the Malavas, the five tribes of the Karnatas around Rohtak in Haryana as under:

* Wikisource: The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva / Sambhava Parva

* Mahabharata, Book III: Vana Parva, Section 278: online text for the section of the Mahabharata describing Rama's alliance with Sugriva and the killing of Bali.

The best-known version is from Book 13 of the Mahabharata.

* The Mahabharata, Volume 2: Book 2 ; Book 3: 1981, J.

* The Mahabharata: Book 11: The Book of Peace, Part 1, edited by James L Fitzgerald

Bhadu has been mentioned as Bhadraka ( भद ् रक ) in Sabha Parva, Mahabharata / Book II Chapter 13, who fled towards the west from the fear of Jarasandha along with the eighteen tribes of the Bhojas ; the Surasenas, the Vodhas, the Salwas, the Patachcharas, the Susthalas, the Mukuttas, and the Kulindas, and the Kuntis.

Bhisma Parva, Mahabharata / Book VI Chapter 47 has mentioned them as Panibhadraka ( पण ि भद ् रक ), who assembled there for battle to protect Bhishma with their ( respective ) troops.

Bhisma Parva, Mahabharata / Book VI Chapter 52 has mentioned them as Prabhadraka ( परभद ् रक ) who sided with Kauravasalong with Panchala tribe ( VI. 52. 14 ).

The mytheme of Garuda carrying off an elephant that was battling a Crocodile appears in two Sanskrit epics, the Mahabharata ( I. 1353 ) and the Ramayana ( III. 39 ).

In the Mahabharata, as the result of a curse he was compelled to honor, the hero Arjuna takes a " vow of eunuchism ," that is, to live as the third sex for a year: " O lord of the Earth, I will declare myself as one of the ' neuter ' sex.

This edition in 19 volumes ( more than 15000 demi-quarto size pages ) comprised the critically constituted text of the 18 Parvas of the Mahabharata consisting of more than 89000 verses, an elaborate Critical Apparatus and a Prolegomena on the material and methodology ( volume I ), written by V. S.

Her works included The Web of Indian Life, which sought to rectify many myths in the Western world about Indian culture and customs, Kali the Mother, The Master as I Saw Him on Swami Vivekananda, Notes of Some Wanderings with the Swami Vivekananda on her travels from Nainital, Almora and other places with Swamiji, The Cradle Tales of Hindusim on the stories from Puranas, Ramayana and Mahabharata, Studies from an Eastern Home, Civil Ideal and Indian Nationality, Hints on National Education in India, Glimpses of Famine and Flood in East Bengal — 1906.

Composed and created by Sultan Hamengkubuwono I ( 1755 – 1792 ) certain characters such as wanara ( monkey ) and denawa ( giant ) in Ramayana and Mahabharata uses mask, while the knight and princesses are not wearing any mask.

Mahabharata ( I. 104. 53-54 ) and Puranic literature attest that the name Anga had originated eponymously from the name of Prince Anga, the founder of the kingdom.

According to the Mahabharata ( Adi Parva ), his father was Kashyapa and his mother Kadru.

In Section 67, Adi Parava of Mahabharata, it is stated that king Shishupala, the powerful ruler of Chedis, was also an incarnation of Hiranyakasipu, the son of Diti.

( Mahabharata Adi 67. 156 )

The Mahabharata ( Adi Parva book ) records that Kamadhenu-Surabhi rose from the churning of the cosmic ocean ( Samudra manthan ) by the gods and demons to acquire Amrita ( ambrosia, elixir of life ).

Known also called ' Adi Kavi ' ( the first poet ) of Telugu, Nannayya along with Tikkana and Yerrana, translated the Sanskrit version of Mahabharata into Telugu.

In the Adi Parva of Mahabharata, Kanva says:

Ramayana and Mahabharata refer to Pushkar Lake as Adi Tirtha, or the " original sacred water-body ".

Mahabharata mentions that Pushkar is a holy place of the god Vishnu, considered as the Adi Tirtha where millions of tirthas united during sunrise and sunset, and visiting the lake and taking a holy bath in the lake would wash off all sins.

In the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata ( 85. 3533 ) and in a passage of the Matsya Purana ( 34. 30 ) the Bhojas are mentioned as the mlecchas.

Adi Parava of Mahabharata says that Madra princes had attended Draupadi's self-choice ( Swayamvara ) ceremony along with the other princes of neighbouring kingdoms from northwest.

This Vasu may also be identified with Uparichara Vasu of the Mahabharata ( Adi Parva ) where hs is described as the King of the Chedis who were ruling in the modern district of Balangir and Subarnapur.

Their character is clarified in the Adi parva of the Mahabharata, where they say:

The truth as given by Krshna Dwaipayaya Vyasa Mahabharata ( original version of Mahabhrata written by Vyasa ) it is clearly given in Swargarohana Parva that Balarama is an incarnation of Adishesha on which the Lord Vishnu rests.

" ( From the Mahabharata, Udyoga Parva Section XXXIII, Translated by Sri Kisari Mohan Ganguli ).

In the Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata, the sacrifice is performed by King Vasu Uparichara.

" ( Mahabharata, Anusasana Parva, Section 130, Ganguli trans.

To quote from Mahabharata, Sambava Parva, Section CXV < http :// www. sacred-texts. com / hin / m01 / m01116. htm >

The Anushasana Parva of the Mahabharata tells how she was given the ownership of Goloka, the cow-heaven located above the three worlds ( heaven, earth and netherworld ): the daughter of Daksha, Surabhi went to Mount Kailash and worshipped Brahma for 10, 000 years.

In the Udyoga Parva book of the Mahabharata, this milk is said to be of six flavours and has the essence of all the best things of the earth.

In the Anushasana Parva of the Mahabharata, the god Shiva is described as having cast a curse on Surabhi.

# The Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata states that Vishnu restored the earth that had sunk into the netherword, or Patala, so all the devas praised Him as Govind ( Protector of the Land ).

In the Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata, a reference has been made to the Jagannath Dharma.

The Vishnusahasranama as found in the Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata is the most popular version of the 1, 000 names of Vishnu.

The first literary reference to Goa is in the Bhishma Parva of Mahabharata as Gomanta which translates as the region of cows.

Son of Kulasekharan Pandya, the second king of Madurai, the legendary Malayadwaja Pandya who sided with the Pandavas and took part in the Kurukshetra War of the Mahabharata ( completed around 400 AD ) is described as follows in Karna Parva ( verse 20. 25 ):

The earliest reference regarding Garhwal and its pride spots are cited in the Skanda Purana and the Mahabharata in the Van Parva.

Karnata Bharata Kathamanjari is also known as Dasha Parva Bharata because it originally had only 10 parvas as opposed to the 18 in the original Mahabharata.