1. one of two classical Hindu epics; a great collection of poetry worked into and around a central heroic narrative (eight times as large as the Iliad and Odyssey combined);
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Hastinapura
n 1: one of two classical Hindu epics; a great collection of
poetry worked into and around a central heroic narrative
(eight times as large as the Iliad and Odyssey combined)