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mahabarata
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mahabarata, n. [Skr. mahābhārata.].
A celebrated sacred epic poem of the Hindus, written in Sanskrit. It is of great length, and is chiefly devoted to a history, in many episodes, of a civil war between two dynasties of ancient India. [1913 Webster]
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