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Anushasana Parva

अनुशासन पर्व anuśāsana parva

The 'Book of Instruction', the thirteenth book of the Mahabharata, in which the dying Bhishma teaches Yudhishthira on duty, kingship and release. The Vishnu Sahasranama sits within it, at about its 149th section.

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  • The Vishnu Sahasranama Worship

    It sits inside the Mahabharata , in the vast didactic book called the Anushasana Parva , the book of instruction, where the dying Bhishma spends his last days pouring out everything he knows about duty, kingshi…

  • Who is Vishnu? Deities

    The Vishnu Sahasranama , the thousand names of Vishnu, sits within the Mahabharata , in the Anushasana Parva, chapter 149.

  • Against the Page Treatise

    In a late stratum of the Mahabharata , in the Anushasana-parva, the vulgate numbering 13.24.70, a list is given of people bound for niraya , hell.

  • The Girl at the Library Door Treatise

    It was the Vishnu Sahasranama - the Thousand Names of Vishnu, which appears in the Anushasana Parva of the Mahabharata , recited by the dying Bhishma to Yudhishthira on the bed of arrows.

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