The great epic in eighteen parvas, structured as parva → upaparva/adhyāya → śloka, with the Harivaṃśa as a related corpus.
Person
Vyāsa
व्यास
Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa, traditionally the compiler of the Vedas and author of the Mahābhārata.
महाभारतम् Mahābhārata
Eighteen parvas, and the Bhagavad Gītā within the Bhīṣma Parva.
- Scripture
Scripture
Bhagavad Gītā
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता
The dialogue of Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna in 18 chapters, set in the Bhīṣma Parva of the Mahābhārata.