A02. Introduction: The Mahabharata's Content Classification.

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A02. Introduction: The Mahābhārata's Contents Classification⁰¹^,⁰².

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The Mahābhārata has its contents divided into verses (श्लोक - śloka). Many such ślokas form a chapter or adhyāya (अध्याय). Many adhyāyas together form an episode (पर्व - Parva). People generally understand that the Mahābhārata has 18 parvas, which is correct. However, there is a detailed classification of another 100 parvas as specified in the table shown on the following pages. The table is based on the critical edition of the Bhandarkar of Oriental Research Institute - BORI. There are 98 pavas (in the table, the column or column is specified as 100-parva classification, which is the column's name only).

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Eighteen-parva classification	100-Parva classification		Number of Adhyāya	Number of śloka
(1) Ādi (आदि )	1)	*Anukramaṇikā* (अनुक्रमणिका )	1	210
	2)	Parvasaṃgraha (पर्वसंग्रह)	1	243
	3)	Pauṣya (पौष्य)	1	195
	4)	Pulomā (पुलोमा)	9	153
	5)	Āstīka (आस्तिक)	41	1,025
	6)	Adi-vamśvatarana (आदि-वंशावतारणम्)	5	257
	7)	Sambhavā (सम्भवा)	65	2,394
	8)	Jatugriha-daha (जतुगृह-दहा)	15	373
	9)	Hiḍimba-vadha (हिडिम्बवध)	6	169
	10)	Baka-vadha (बकवध)	8	206
	11)	Caitraratha or Citraratha (चैत्ररथ)	21	557
	12)	Draupadī-svayaṃvara (द्रौपदी-स्वयंवर)	12	263
	13)	Vaivāhika (वैवाहिक)	6	155
	14)	Vidūragamana (विदूरगमन)	7	174
	15)	Rājya-lābha (राज्य-लाभ)	1	50
	16)	Arjuna-vanavāsa (अर्जुन - वनवास)	11	298
	17)	Subhadrā-harana (सुभद्रा-हरणा)	2	57
	18)	Haraṇaharika (हरणहारिक)	1	82
	19)	Khandava-daha (खण्डव-दहा)	12	344
Total			225	7,205

References:
⁰¹. from. THE MAHABHARATA 1, translated ฺBibek Debroy, Penguin Random House, ISBN 9780143425144, printed in Haryana, Bhārata, 2015.
⁰². from. "The Mahābhārata," An abridged translation by JOHN D. SMITH, ISBN: 978-0-140-44681-4, Penguin Books, 2009, United States, www.penguin.com.

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