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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Hinduism) A celebrated sacred epic poem of the Hindus, written in Sanskrit. It is of great length, and is chiefly devoted to a history, in many episodes, of a civil war between two dynasties of ancient India.
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"you just missed toby & this guy in some huge epic thumb wrestling match. it was like the mahabarata, only with less hands!"
mordicai: crown me king! mordicai 2002
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