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One of the major epicslong poem about legendary or historical heroes, written in a grand style of India and the longest poem in the world, the Mahabharata is a sacred Hindu text. It consists of many legends and tales revolving around the conflicts between two branches of a mythical family. The stories—which involve deities,god or goddess demigods,one who is part human and part god and heroes—contain elements of cosmology,set of ideas about the origin, history, and structure of the universe philosophy, and religious doctrine.set of principles or beliefs accepted by a group A section of the epic called the Bhagavad Gita...