THE EPIC MAHABHARATA

Stories or the epic Mahabharata is the story of classical Hindu literature. The story itself, as the name suggests, the story spins on Bharata family. Time range as its backdrop takes place between the period before and after the year 400 AD. Is a regular author Wiyasa or written with the letter V (Viyasa).
In terms of writing the Mahabharata, the epic Mahabharata was composed of 100,000 seloka. (One seloka consists of two lines, and each line consisting of 16 syllables. Overall the Mahabharata is divided into 18 volumes / parwa. Which is why the Mahabharata is also called as Asta Dasa Purwa. (Asta = cubit = eight, Dasa = ten, parwa = vols.) If wrong, please critique and suggestions so ...
Although originating from India, the Mahabharata is very famous in Indonesia, particularly in Java tribe, thus, it can be said that the story of the lives of the cast of characters from the Mahabharata, the Pandavas became a kind of benchmark in particular whether or not the character of a person.
In the year 1000 AD, during the reign of Darmawangsa, epic Mahabharata began adapted to the Java language. And in the 15th century, this epic later adapted into Malay and Jawi letters written using (Kawi).
Elements of the story that was adapted into Malay when it includes:

    Hikayat Pandawa Lima
    Hikayat Pandawa Jaya War
    Hikayat Sang Boma
    Langlang saga Buana
Mahabharata story in brief (synopsis)
Broadly speaking, the Mahabharata tells the story of the life of King Santanu or Sentanu (Çantanu). He is a descendant of the Kuru king who became king of Barata. He had a consort named Goddess Ganga and Bhishma berputra.
Contents outline epic Mahabharata tells the life Santanu (Çantanu) a mighty king Kuru family lineage and enthroned in royal Barata. Together queen goddess Ganga, they have a son named Bhishma.
One day Çantanu falls in love with a young fisherman named Setyawati king. But my father would give his daughter Setyawati only if Çantanu would later crowned her from Setyawati as crown prince and heir to the throne instead of Bhishma. Due to this severe requirement Çantanu continue to grieve. Seeing this, Bhishma who knows why his father so, to give up his right to the throne in Barata later handed over to the son who was born of Setyawati. Bhishma even promised not to prosecute whenever and promised it would not be married in order later no child to inherit the throne Çantanu.
Setyawati Çantanu marriage and gave birth to two sons each Chitrāngada and Wicitrawirya. But the two sons died in battle without leaving descendants. For fear of extinction of the royal line, Setyawati pleaded with Bhishma to marry the two former in-law who was left to die by Wicitrawirya, respectively Ambika and Ambalika. However, this request was denied Bisma remembering his vow not to marry.
Wiyasa Setyawati finally asked, his son from another marriage, to marry Ambika and Ambalika. By Ambika Destarasta marriage and childbirth with Ambalika birth Pandu.
Destarasta then married to Gandhari and gave birth to a hundred sons, while Pandu married Kunti and Madrim but had no child. Later when Kunti and Madrim mate with gods, Kunti gave birth to 3 children each with god Dharma was born Yudhisthira, the god Bayu born Werkodara or Bhima and Arjuna with the god Surya was born. While Madrim who married twin gods Aҫwin, born twins named Nakula and Sahadev. Dizziness yes ..., the same ... hehe ...
Furthermore, the descendants descent-descent Destarasta halved the Tribe called Kauravas while offspring were called the Pandavas Pandu.
Destarasta actually entitled to inherit his father's throne, but because he was blind from birth, the throne was then given to Pandu. It later became the source of the disaster between the Pandavas and Kauravas in the fight over the throne until a protracted, devastating war until called Baratayuda that means fighting the battle royal Barata.
The battle begins with the action of gambling in which the Pandavas lost. This defeat caused them to wander in the wilderness for twelve years. After that, in the 13th year under the agreement with the Kauravas, the Pandavas had to hide himself in a certain place. However, the Pandavas decided to hide in the king's palace Matsyapati. In the following year, the Pandavas out of hiding and show themselves in public and demand their rights to the Kauravas. But their demands are not met Kurawa 18 days until the war that caused the disappearance of the Kauravas. Thus, the Pandavas freely took power in Barata.