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The Harivamsa is the epilogue for the mahakavya: the Mahabharata. In it, we come across the myriad conflicts of dharma, the struggle between good and evil.

• According to a traditional version of the Mahabharata, the Harivamsa is divided into two parvas (books) and 12,000 verses. These are included with the eighteen parvas of the Mahabharata. The Critical Edition has three parvas and 5,965 verses.

------- The Adi Parva of describes the creation of the cosmos and the legendary history of the kings of the Solar and Lunar dynasties leading up to the birth of Krishna.

------ The Vishnu Parva recounts the history of Krishna up to the events prior to the Mahabharata.

----- The Bhavishya Parva , the third book, includes two alternate creation theories, hymns to Shiva and Vishnu and provides a description of the Kali Yuga.

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