appendix (khila) to the Mahabharata

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The appendix (khila) to the Mahabharata, known as the Harivamsa, is a supplementary Sanskrit text that elaborates on the genealogy, legends, and early life of Krishna and related dynasties.

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Label Occurrences
appendix (khila) to the Mahabharata canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu scripture ⓘ
Sanskrit text ⓘ
appendix (khila) to the Mahabharata ⓘ
alternateName Harivamsha ⓘ
linked to: Harivamsa

Harivaṃśa ⓘ
linked to: Harivamsa
associatedDeity Hari ⓘ
Krishna ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ
canonicalStatus supplement to the Mahabharata rather than one of the 18 Mahapuranas ⓘ
contains Krishna’s childhood stories ⓘ
accounts of dynasties ⓘ
cosmogonic myths ⓘ
culturalContext Epic and Puranic Sanskrit literature ⓘ
describedAs appendix (khila) to the Mahabharata ⓘ
etymology title means "Lineage of Hari" ⓘ
focusesOn Hari (Vishnu-Krishna) ⓘ
Vrishni dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Yadu dynasty

Yadava dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Yadava kingdom

early life of Krishna ⓘ
genealogy of Krishna ⓘ
legends of Krishna ⓘ
genre Itihasa ⓘ
Puranic literature ⓘ
hasPart Bhavishya-parva ⓘ
linked to: Bhavishya Parva

Harivamsa-parva ⓘ
linked to: Harivamsa

Vishnu-parva ⓘ
linked to: Vishnu Parva
influenced Vaishnava traditions ⓘ
later Krishna-bhakti literature ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
narrativeType mythological genealogy ⓘ
partOf Mahabharata tradition ⓘ
periodOfComposition ancient India ⓘ
preservedIn multiple manuscript recensions ⓘ
primaryTheme glories of Hari (Vishnu-Krishna) ⓘ
relatedWork Bhagavata Purana ⓘ
Mahabharata ⓘ
Vishnu Purana ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
script Devanagari (in most modern editions) ⓘ
setting mythic and epic India ⓘ
structure three main sections ⓘ
studiedIn Hindu studies ⓘ
Indology ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo Vyasa ⓘ
transmission oral tradition and manuscript tradition ⓘ
usedBy Vaishnava theologians ⓘ
usedFor elaborating Krishna’s genealogy and early life beyond the Mahabharata ⓘ

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Harivamsa → traditionalClassification → appendix (khila) to the Mahabharata ⓘ
Harivamsa → describedAs → appendix (khila) to the Mahabharata ⓘ