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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBhāratakathā (भारतकथा).—the story of the Bhāratas (mahābhārata).
Bhāratakathā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhārata and kathā (कथा). See also (synonyms): bhāratākhyāna, bhāratetihāsa.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Bharata, Katha, Katta.
Ends with: Cakravarttibharatakatha.
Full-text: Bharatakhyana, Bharatetihasa.
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