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The Mahabharata is the national epic of India and a literary treasure. It is the longest epic poem in the world containing 100,00 two line stanzas, and was composed by the sage Vyasa and put into final form around 500-200 BCE ("India Epics" 153). The Mahabharata contains the Bhagavad Gita, or the "Song of the Lord" that describes three paths to salvation: the path of duties, or karma; the path of knowledge, or jnana; and the path of devotion, or bhakti. These three paths can be used together to maintain the world order, called dharma, and for the release from the world, or moksha ("India Epics" 155).
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This website is very helpful and complete for students like us, and it even has a pronunciation guide for the main characters. I think it's really authoritative. http://larryavisbrown.homestead.com/files/xeno.mahabsynop.htm
This video is informative (and you should have watched it already!): "Talking Book - Mahabharata." By APPUSERIES. Youtube. 24 Jul 2012.
"India Epics." Manual for Cultural Foundations of Ancient Civilizations. By Rosie Beniretto and Clay Elliott. Vol. 2. Houston: St. John's School, 2012. 153, 155, 156. Print.
-Maddie Shen
