Book of Peace

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The Book of Peace, or Shanti Parva, is a major section of the Indian epic Mahabharata that focuses on moral, philosophical, and political teachings delivered after the Kurukshetra war.

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Book of Peace canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
parva ⓘ
section of the Mahabharata ⓘ
associatedWithText Mahabharata ⓘ
centralDialogueBetween Bhishma ⓘ
Yudhishthira ⓘ
contains discourses on liberation (moksha) ⓘ
discourses on non-violence ⓘ
discourses on renunciation ⓘ
countryOfOrigin ancient India ⓘ
featuresCharacter Bhishma ⓘ
Krishna ⓘ
Yudhishthira ⓘ
follows Book of the Women ⓘ
linked to: Catalogue of Women

Stri Parva ⓘ
genre Hindu scripture ⓘ
didactic literature ⓘ
philosophical text ⓘ
political treatise ⓘ
hasVariantName Shanti Parva ⓘ
Śānti Parva ⓘ
includesSection Mokshadharma ⓘ
Rājadharma ⓘ
linked to: Rājadharma Parva

Āpaddharma ⓘ
linked to: Apad dharma
influenced Hindu ethical philosophy ⓘ
Hindu political thought ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
mainTheme dharma ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
kingship ⓘ
moksha ⓘ
peace ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
statecraft ⓘ
narrativeContext events after the Kurukshetra war ⓘ
partOf Mahabharata ⓘ
positionInSeries twelfth book of the Mahabharata ⓘ
precedes Anushasana Parva ⓘ
Book of Instruction ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
scriptureType smriti ⓘ
setting Bhishma lying on a bed of arrows ⓘ
battlefield of Kurukshetra ⓘ
teaches duties of a king ⓘ
duties of rulers ⓘ
personal ethics ⓘ
principles of governance ⓘ
principles of justice ⓘ
social order ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo Vyasa ⓘ

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Shanti Parva → hasAlternativeName → Book of Peace ⓘ