ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Mahābhārata is the longest epic poem known and has been described as “the longest poem ever written". Its longest version consists of over 100, 000 śloka or over 200, 000 individual verse lines (each shloka is a couplet), and long prose passages.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Mahabharata is one of the longest epic poems ever written. It has over 200, 000 verse lines, 1.8 million words and it is believed that it could have taken over 600 years to write!

Detailed explanation-3: -Mahabharata is the largest epic in the world. It is a Sanskrit epic from India, known as Bharatayuddha in Indonesia.

Detailed explanation-4: -With more than 74, 000 verses, long prose passages, and about 1.8 million words in total, the Mahābhārata is one of the longest epic poems in the world. It is roughly ten times the size of the Iliad and Odyssey combined, roughly five times longer than Dante’s Divine Comedy, and about four times the size of the Ramayana.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Mahabharata is an ancient Indian epic where the main story revolves around two branches of a family-the Pandavas and Kauravas-who, in the Kurukshetra War, battle for the throne of Hastinapura. Interwoven into this narrative are several smaller stories about people dead or living, and philosophical discourses.