TY - JOUR TI - A War of Times in the Mahabharata? AU - Karp, Artur TI - A War of Times in the Mahabharata? AB - Scientific articles often start with the phrase: “The purpose of this article is to examine facts related to…” The content of this paper does not stem from an attempt to render afresh freely available, irrefutable data. Its purpose is to present a new interpretation of specific motifs present in the Indian epic tradition – based mainly on data obtained from reconstructions or facts in potentia. The following paragraphs delineate the unfolding of work undertaken long ago, started but not yet finished. The conclusions presented in this paper are in their nature preliminary. They form hypothetical assumptions and, as such, should be treated as research postulates. VL - 2021 IS - 13 (1/2021) PY - 2021 SN - 2450-2561 C1 - 2450-6249 SP - 67 EP - 85 DO - 10.4467/24506249PJ.21.004.13731 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/pjacns/article/a-war-of-times-in-the-mahabharata KW - Mahabharata KW - Pandavas KW - Kauravas KW - numbers KW - divisibility KW - calendars KW - lunar-solar cycles