Anushasana Parva

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Anushasana Parva is a book of the Indian epic Mahabharata that focuses on moral, social, and religious instructions delivered primarily through Bhishma’s teachings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book of the Mahabharata
parva of the Mahabharata
associatedWith Kauravas
Kuru dynasty
Pandavas
attributedTo Vyasa
canonicalStatus integral part of the Mahabharata
contains dialogues between Bhishma and Yudhishthira
discourses on dharma
instructions on conduct of rulers
instructions on duties of householders
teachings on charity
teachings on kingly duties
teachings on non-violence
teachings on social order
teachings on varna and ashrama
focusesOn moral instructions
religious instructions
social instructions
follows Shanti Parva
genre didactic literature
language Sanskrit
narrativeContext Bhishma lying on the bed of arrows
partOf Mahabharata
precedes Ashvamedhika Parva
primaryListener Yudhishthira
primarySpeaker Bhishma
religiousTheme ahimsa
charity (dana)
dharma
duty of a king
karma
script Devanagari (in many modern editions)
setting Kurukshetra battlefield
surface form: battlefield of Kurukshetra
studiedFor guidance on religious observances
guidance on righteous conduct
guidance on social duties
studiedIn Hindu ethical philosophy
textType smriti-related discourse
tradition Hinduism

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Mahabharata containsSection Anushasana Parva
Shanti Parva precedes Anushasana Parva
Apad dharma discussedIn Anushasana Parva
this entity surface form: Anushasana Parva of the Mahabharata
Bhishma sectionOfMahabharata Anushasana Parva
Telugu Mahabharatam hasPart Anushasana Parva
Kavitrayam (trio of Telugu Mahabharata poets) hasPart Anushasana Parva
subject surface form: Kavitrayam
this entity surface form: Anushasana Parva (Telugu Mahabharata)