Mahabharata
The world's longest epic at ~1.8 million words across 18 parvas — the Pandava-Kaurava war and its surrounding cycles, layered from oral antiquity through Gupta-era redaction. Contains the Bhagavad Gita (in book 6, Bhishma Parva). Kisari Mohan Ganguli's 1883–1896 prose translation.
- 1Book 1: Adi Parva (The Book of the Beginning)231,073 words
- 2Book 2: Sabha Parva (The Book of the Assembly Hall)74,641 words
- 3Book 3: Vana Parva (The Book of the Forest)327,203 words
- 4Book 4: Virata Parva (The Book of Virata)63,119 words
- 5Book 5: Udyoga Parva (The Book of Effort)191,098 words
- 6Book 6: Bhishma Parva (The Book of Bhishma)162,871 words
- 7Book 7: Drona Parva (The Book of Drona)253,204 words
- 8Book 8: Karna Parva (The Book of Karna)138,550 words
- 9Book 9: Shalya Parva (The Book of Shalya)91,786 words
- 10Book 10: Sauptika Parva (The Book of the Sleeping Warriors)21,408 words
- 11Book 11: Stri Parva (The Book of the Women)21,921 words
- 12Book 12: Santi Parva (The Book of Peace)541,134 words
- 13Book 13: Anusasana Parva (The Book of Precepts)301,626 words
- 14Book 14: Aswamedha Parva (The Book of the Horse Sacrifice)90,108 words
- 15Book 15: Asramavasika Parva (The Book of the Hermitage)33,021 words
- 16Book 16: Mausala Parva (The Book of the Clubs)8,107 words
- 17Book 17: Mahaprasthanika Parva (The Book of the Great Journey)3,076 words
- 18Book 18: Svargarohanika Parva (The Book of the Ascent to Heaven)8,663 words
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