Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mahabarata \Ma*ha*ba"ra*ta\, Mahabharatam \Ma*ha*bha"ra*tam\, n.
   [Skr. mah[=a]bh[=a]rata.]
   A celebrated epic poem of the Hindoos. It is of great length,
   and is chiefly devoted to the history of a civil war between
   two dynasties of ancient India.