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Why the Mahabharata is named as Mahabharata?

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Mahabharata- Great India! Great Question!! The Author of Mahabharata is Veda Vyasa was also known as Krishna Dvaepayana Vyasa at first,born in a fisherman's family. The soil of the patch of land where Veda Vyasa was born was blackish. read more

Mahabharata- Great India! Great Question!! The Author of Mahabharata is Veda Vyasa was also known as Krishna Dvaepayana Vyasa at first,born in a fisherman’s family. The soil of the patch of land where Veda Vyasa was born was blackish. Due to the black soil, that patch of land was known as Krishna Dwipa.Hence is known by Krishna Dwipa Veda Vyasa. read more

Mahabharata means the great (hi)story of ancient Bharat (India) and ancient Bharatas (Indians). When the epic was originally composed, Vyasa, called it Bharata only, because it was a story of the kings and people of an ancient world who were descendents of king Bharat, who was the first king of the Indian subcontinent. read more

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