Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata

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The Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata is the book that narrates the early days of the great Kurukshetra war, including Bhishma’s command of the Kaurava army and the discourse of the Bhagavad Gita.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parva of the Mahabharata ⓘ
associatedCharacter Arjuna ⓘ
Duryodhana ⓘ
Kauravas ⓘ
Krishna ⓘ
Pandavas ⓘ
Yudhishthira ⓘ
centralFigure Bhishma ⓘ
contains Bhagavad Gita ⓘ
containsDialogueBetween Krishna and Arjuna ⓘ
linked to: Krishna

Sanjaya and Dhritarashtra ⓘ
culturalSignificance source of the Bhagavad Gita within the Mahabharata ⓘ
describes battlefield omens and portents ⓘ
war ethics and rules of combat ⓘ
focusesOn detachment from fruits of action ⓘ
devotion to God as a path to liberation ⓘ
duty of a warrior (kshatriya-dharma) ⓘ
follows Udyoga Parva ⓘ
genre Itihasa ⓘ
epic literature ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Bhishmaparvan ⓘ
Bhīṣma Parva ⓘ
includesEvent Arjuna’s moral dilemma before battle ⓘ
Bhishma’s appointment as commander-in-chief of the Kaurava army ⓘ
Bhishma’s battle against the Pandavas ⓘ
Krishna revealing his universal form (Vishvarupa) to Arjuna ⓘ
strategic military formations (vyuhas) in the war ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
mainTheme early phase of the Kurukshetra War ⓘ
narrates Bhishma’s command of the Kaurava army ⓘ
the first ten days of the Kurukshetra War ⓘ
narrator Sanjaya ⓘ
partOf Mahabharata ⓘ
philosophicalContent teachings on bhakti ⓘ
teachings on dharma ⓘ
teachings on karma ⓘ
teachings on yoga ⓘ
positionInWork sixth book of the Mahabharata ⓘ
precedes Drona Parva ⓘ
primaryListener Dhritarashtra ⓘ
religiousSignificance revered as a key scriptural section in Hindu philosophy ⓘ
religiousTradition Hinduism ⓘ
sceneOf Krishna’s discourse to Arjuna ⓘ
linked to: Bhagavad Gita
scripturalStatus part of the Mahabharata canon ⓘ
setting Kurukshetra battlefield ⓘ
textualDivision contains the eighteen chapters of the Bhagavad Gita ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo Vyasa ⓘ

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Kurukshetra battlefield → mentionedIn → Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata ⓘ
Mahabharata → containsSection → Bhishma Parva ⓘ
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Moksha Sannyasa Yoga → belongsToSection → Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata ⓘ
Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane → primaryDeityForm → Krishna as charioteer of Arjuna ⓘ
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Sanjaya → mentionedIn → Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata ⓘ
Kripa → mentionedIn → Bhishma Parva ⓘ
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Udyoga Parva → followedBy → Bhishma Parva ⓘ
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Telugu Mahabharatam → hasPart → Bhishma Parva ⓘ
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Kavitrayam → hasPart → Bhishma Parva (Telugu Mahabharata) ⓘ
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House of Kuru → appearsIn → Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata ⓘ
oath of Arjuna to kill Jayadratha → recordedIn → Bhishma Parva and Drona Parva traditions ⓘ
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Bhagadatta → literarySource → Bhishma Parva of Mahabharata ⓘ
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King Virata → parvaMentionedIn → Bhishma Parva ⓘ
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Vrikodara → relatedConcept → Mahabharata war ⓘ
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Brihadbala → mentionedIn → Bhishma Parva ⓘ
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