Japanese symbol for “mahabharata”
摩訶婆羅多
マハーバーラタ
Romaji: mahaabaarata
Mahabharata (Sanskrit Hindu epic, ca. 400 CE)
In Japanese, mahabharata is 摩訶婆羅多, read マハーバーラタ (mahaabaarata).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n Mahabharata (Sanskrit Hindu epic, ca. 400 CE)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 摩擦 | まさつ masatsu | friction |
| 摩天楼 | まてんろう matenrou | skyscraper |
| 摩耗 | まもう mamou | wear; abrasion |
| 薩摩 | さつま satsuma | Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture) |
| 志摩 | しま shima | Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture) |
| あん摩 | あんま anma | massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage) |
| 摩訶 | まか maka | greatness; enormity; superiority |
| 薩婆訶 | そわか sowaka | so-wa-ka; well said; so be it |
| 老婆 | ろうば rouba | old woman |
| 網羅 | もうら moura | encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of) |
| 多数 | たすう tasuu | large number (of); many |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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