Created about three thousand years ago, the Mahabharata is not only a wonderful monument of literature, but also a kind of encyclopedia of life, customs and morals, aesthetic and ethical views of the peoples of Ancient India.

CONTENTS: From the translators ( 5).Book fifteen of Ashramavasikaparva, or the Book about life in the monastery. Translation by S.L. Neveleva (chap. 1-25) and Y.V. Vasilkov (chap. 26-47) (9). Book sixteen of Mausalaparva, or the Book of the Massacre with Clubs. Translation by S.L. Neveleva (75). Book seventeen of the Mahaprasthanikaparva, or the Book of the Great Exodus. Translation by S.L. Neveleva (93). Book eighteen of Svargarohanaparva, or the Book of Ascension to Heaven. Translation by S.L. Neveleva (103). APPENDICES by S.L. Neveleva. I. The main themes of the book “On Life in the Monastery” (119). II. On the foreignness of “Mausalaparva” as part of the “Mahabharata” (137). III. Completion of the “Mahabharata”: main ideas (153). COMMENTARIES (compiled by S.L. Neveleva and Y.V. Vasilkov) (165). Literature (216). List of abbreviations of names of Sanskrit sources (222). Index of names of epic and mythological characters (223).Index of subjects and terms (230).Index of geographical and ethnic names (233).