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The 38 pages that link to Mahabharata, each with the reason it gives.

• SanskritRelated: Its vast narrative demonstrates Sanskrit’s reach beyond ritual and formal philosophy.

• PuranasRelated: The epic shares narrative, genealogical, and religious concerns with the Puranas.

• Bhagavata PuranaRelated: The Purana reuses figures and genealogies from the epic while advancing a Krishna-centered devotional vision.

• Wayang kulitRelated: Its characters and episodes form a major part of the Javanese wayang repertoire.

• War elephantRelated: Its battle narratives preserve a major literary tradition of elephants in Indian warfare.

• SamkhyaRelated: Its passages preserve early forms and adaptations of Samkhya thought.

• SatiRelated: Its mythic traditions include accounts connected with Sati and Daksha’s sacrifice.

• AvatarRelated: Its story places Krishna’s divine identity within a major epic tradition.

• KshatriyaRelated: Its central war dramatizes Kshatriya duty and its ethical conflicts.

• Kuru KingdomRelated: The epic transformed memories of Kuru rulers and territory into a vast dynastic narrative.

• JaiminiRelated: Epic traditions associate Jaimini with a version of the horse sacrifice narrative.

• Kali YugaRelated: Its war and aftermath are associated in tradition with the onset of Kali Yuga.

• WayangRelated: Wayang performances draw extensively on its characters and stories.

• BalaramaRelated: Balarama appears as Krishna’s elder brother and teaches mace-fighting in this epic.

• Georges DumézilRelated: Dumézil read its heroes and episodes as preserving patterns associated with Indo-European functions.

• RakshasaRelated: Its rakshasa characters include allies, ancestors, and formidable combatants.

• Irawati KarveRelated: The epic supplied the characters and social setting examined in Karve’s Yuganta.

• PanchalaRelated: The epic makes Panchala a major ally of the Pandavas through Draupadi and her family.