Complete Organized Set of 18 Volumes for Modern ReadersThe Mahabharata, "What is found here, may be found elsewhere. What is not found here, will not be found elsewhere."The ancient story of the Mahabharata casts the readers mind across spiritual and terrestrial vistas and battlefields. Through the experiences of divine incarnations and manifest demons, a great royal dynasty is fractured along fraternal lines, resulting in the greatest war of good and evil ever fought in ancient lands.This most venerable of epics remains profoundly timeless in it teachings of truth, righteousness and liberation.This electronic edition of the Mahabharata is Kisari Mohan Ganguli's 1896 translation and is complete with all 18 parvas in a single ebook. Like other ebook conversions, the text has been sourced but this edition has had additional proofing and a significant number of corrections and rectification of missing or misorded text. The contents cover all pavas. All footnotes are hyperlinked for easy reference.The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is an epic narrative of the Kurukshetra War and the fates of the Kauravas and the Pandava princes as well as containing philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the four goals of life. Here we have Adi Parva, the first, discusses how the Mahabharata came to be narrated by Sauti to the assembled rishis at Naimisharanya after having been recited at the Sarpasatra of Janamejaya by Vaishampayana at Takṣaśilā. It tells the history of the Bharata race traces history of the Bhrigu race. Vyasa is a revered figure in Hindu traditions. He is a kala-Avatar or part-incarnation of God Vishnu. Vyasa is sometimes conflated by some Vaishnavas with Badarayana, the compiler of the Vedanta Sutras and considered to be one of the seven Chiranjivins. He is also the fourth member of the Rishi Parampara of the Advaita Guru Paramparā of which Adi Shankara is the chief proponent.The Mahabharata complete series of all Parva in this book. They are :-1: Adi Parva2: Sabha Parva3: Vana Parva4: Virata Parva5: Udyoga Parva6: Bhishma Parva7: Drona Parva8: Karna Parva9: Shalya Parva10: Sauptika Parva11: Stri Parva12: Santi Parva13: Anusasana Parva14: Aswamedha Parva15: Asramavasika Parva16: Mausala Parva17: Mahaprasthanika Parva18: Svargarohanika Parva