Talk:Mahabharata

Mahabharata is a 5th Veda
Mahabharata is a 5th Veda according to Devi bhagwat Purana, Mahabharata which contains the following five characteristics :-- (1) Creation of the universe, (2) Secondary creation, (3) Dynasties (4) Manvantaras and (5) The description of Manus and other kings. Mahâbhârata writen by Vedavyâsa, characterised by these five things. This is known as the fifth Veda and Itihâsa (history.)Source of this Topic Ambaputra (talk) 06:02, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya by Madhwacharya
'Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya'. It has 5000+ shlokas, in 1st Adhyaya Madhwacharya help to prove Mahabharata as Panchama Veda.

Bhaskarna (talk) 11:26, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 February 2024
Mahabharatha was also translated to Telugu somewhere between 11 Century CE and 14 Century CE by Kavitrayam (Trinity of poets), consisting of Nannayya, Thikkana and Yerrapragada (also known as Errana) with title ఆంధ్ర మహాభారతం(read Andhra Mahabharatam). Jyothiprasad.buddha (talk) 16:44, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
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"Change astronomical dating of Mahabharata in compilation of text row that is 5561 BCE by professor Nilesh Nilkanth Oak Pranav kantak (talk) 07:54, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
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astronomical dating of 5561 BCE for Mahabharat text as researched by Nilesh Oak Pranav kantak (talk) 08:03, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
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James L. Fitzgerald (2018) analysis
Recently Fitzgerald proposed a 5 stage development of Mahabharata, explained in Dokter-Mersch (2023): 1) Before 400 BCE, it was an oral composition called "Bharata," prior to invention of writing in India. 2) Between 400 and 50 BCE, when "although writing was invented in this period [...] the composition, preservation, and transmission of this Bharata was still oral. 3) Between 50 BCE and 50 CE, "the creation and promulgation of a written Sanskrit Mahabharata." 4) Between 50 and 150 CE "[t]he transmission [...] continued orally because, non-Sanskritic audience needed explanations in their local language to understand the text," along with a major written addition. 5) Between 150 and 350 CE, the last written addition took place.

Ref: Dokter-Mersch, Sanne, (2023). "Orality in a world of manuscripts..." in: Manuscript and Text Cultures, Vol. 2, Number 2, pp. 206.

It would be fit to incorporate this perspective in the Mahabharata's article.--Carlos Eduardo Aramayo B. (talk) 03:51, 13 July 2024 (UTC)