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Krishna Dvaipāyana Vyāsa, also known as Vyāsa or Veda-Vyāsa (वेदव्यास, the one who classified the Vedas into four parts) is a central and revered figure in most Hindu traditions. He is traditonally regarded as the author of the Mahābhārata, although it is also widely held that he only composed the core of the epic, the Bhārata. A significant portion of the epic later was only added in later centuries, which then came to be known as the Mahābhārata. The date of composition of this epic is not known - It was definitvely part of the traditions in Indian subcontinent at the time Gautam Buddha (~500 BCE) which would suggest it having been already around for atleast a few centuries. It was chiefy put down in the written form only somewhere betwee ...more

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	The Bhagavad Gita 4.19 avg rating — 81,125 ratings — published -400 — 961 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mahabharata 4.32 avg rating — 12,125 ratings — published 1951 — 170 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, R.K. Narayan (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 2,320 ratings — published 1987 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Jack Hawley (Editor) 4.35 avg rating — 1,444 ratings — published -400 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mahabharata: Volume 1 by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Bibek Debroy (Translator) 4.45 avg rating — 930 ratings — published -400 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mahabharata: Buku A by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, R.A. Kosasih 4.16 avg rating — 495 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	মহাভারত by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Rajshekhar Basu (Translator) 4.62 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 1949 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mahabharata (Mahabharata, #7) by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Bibek Debroy 4.52 avg rating — 121 ratings — published -400 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dicing, the Sequel to the Dicing and the Temptation of Karna by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, J.A.B. Van Buitenen (Translator), Kanav Gupta (Editor) 3.78 avg rating — 37 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mahabharata, Book 4: Virata Parva (Mahabharata, #4) by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Kisari Mohan Ganguli (Translator) 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The happiness which comes from long practice, which leads to the end of suffering, which at first is like poison, but at last like nectar - this kind of happiness arises from the serenity of one's own mind.”
― Ved Vyasa, The Bhagavad Gita

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“कालो ऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो..... ( I am Time, the great destroyer of the world ~Bhagavad Gita 11.32)”
― Ved Vyasa, The Bhagavad Gita

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“He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.”
― Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, The Bhagavad Gita

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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

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Arthurian Romances by Chrétien de Troyes

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