Multiple choice general knowledge culture

With about one hundred thousand verses, long prose passages, How many total words are there in mahabharatha?

  1. 2.6 million

  2. 1.8 million

  3. 3.2 million

  4. 170 lakhs
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Explanation

1.8 million words is the accepted figure for the Mahabharata's length. With approximately 100,000 shlokas (verses), and given that each shloka averages 32 syllables (roughly 18 words), this calculation yields around 1.8 million words across the 18 parvas.

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