Vyasa
Mahābhārata I: Ādiparvan (The Book of the Beginning)
Traditional attribution
Mahābhārata I: Ādiparvan (The Book of the Beginning)
आदिपर्व (Ādiparvan)
The frames of the poem —Ugraśravas's recitation in the Naimiṣa forest and Vaiśampāyana's at Janamejaya's sacrifice—, the genealogies, the birth of Vyāsa and of the princes by niyoga, the childhood of Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas, the house of lac, the contest for Draupadī and the founding of Indraprastha. It also contains the story of Śakuntalā.
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Book of the Mahābhārata ascribed by tradition to Vyāsa; see the note to the complete work.
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- Mahābhārata · 400
- Mahābhārata II: Sabhāparvan (The Book of the Assembly)
- Mahābhārata III: Āraṇyakaparvan (The Book of the Forest)
- Mahābhārata IV: Virāṭaparvan (The Book of Virāṭa)
- Mahābhārata V: Udyogaparvan (The Book of the Effort)
- Mahābhārata VI: Bhīṣmaparvan (The Book of Bhīṣma)
- Mahābhārata VII: Droṇaparvan (The Book of Droṇa)
- Mahābhārata VIII: Karṇaparvan (The Book of Karṇa)
- Mahābhārata IX: Śalyaparvan (The Book of Śalya)
- Mahābhārata X: Sauptikaparvan (The Book of the Night Raid)
- Mahābhārata XI: Strīparvan (The Book of the Women)
- Mahābhārata XII: Śāntiparvan (The Book of Peace)
- Mahābhārata XIII: Anuśāsanaparvan (The Book of Instruction)
- Mahābhārata XIV: Āśvamedhikaparvan (The Book of the Horse Sacrifice)
- Mahābhārata XV: Āśramavāsikaparvan (The Book of the Hermitage)
- Mahābhārata XVI: Mausalaparvan (The Book of the Clubs)
- Mahābhārata XVII: Mahāprasthānikaparvan (The Book of the Great Journey)
- Mahābhārata XVIII: Svargārohaṇaparvan (The Book of the Ascent to Heaven)
- Harivaṃśa (The Lineage of Hari)
- Bhagavad Gītā (The Song of the Lord) · 200
- The division of the Veda into four collections (traditional attribution)
- The eighteen great Purāṇas (traditional attribution) · 300
- Bhāgavata Purāṇa · 900
- Viṣṇu Purāṇa
- Devī Bhāgavata Purāṇa
- Adhyātma Rāmāyaṇa
- Brahmasūtras (Aphorisms on Brahman) · 400
- Yogabhāṣya (Commentary on the Yogasūtras) · 325
- Vyāsa Smṛti
Sources
- Ganguli, Kisari Mohan (trad.). The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa. Calcuta: Bharata Press (P. C. Roy), 1883–1896. Ādi Parva, secc. I, LXII, LXIII y CV–CVI; Bhishma Parva, secc. II; Asramavasika Parva, secc. XXXII; Svargarohanika Parva, secc. V. Project Gutenberg n.º 15474–15477.
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