My thoughts on Jayasaṃhita Mahabharata epic, in the present form, consists of around 1,00,000 shlokas,including Harivamsha. Vaisampayana states in the 62 nd Chapter of Adi Parva that his Guru Krishna-Dwaipayana (Sage Vyasa) composed Bharata in 1,00,000 Shlokas. इदं शतसहस्रं हि श्लोकानां पुण्यकर्मणाम्। सत्यवत्यात्मजेनेह व्याख्यातममितौजसा॥ 1-62-14 This Bharata consists of a hundred thousand sacred slokas composed by the son of Satyavati, of immeasurable mental power. ---- It consists of 18 Parvas. 1) आदिपर्व - Ādiparva 2) सभापर्व – Sabhāparva 3) अरण्यपर्व / वनपर्व - Araṇyaparva/Vanaparva 4) विराटपर्व - Virāṭaparva 5) उद्योगपर्व – Udyōgaparva 6) भीष्मपर्व - Bhīṣmaparva 7) द्रोणपर्व - Drōṇaparva 8) कर्णपर्व - Karṇaparva 9) शल्यपर्व – Śalyaparva 10) सौप्तिकपर्व – Sauptikaparva 11) स्त्रीपर्व - Strīparva 12) शान्तिपर्व – Śāntiparva 13) अनुशा...
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