(2) The original name of Mahabharatawas “Jaya Samhita”as coined by Vyasa. Whenfirst narrated, it had only8,800 shlokas and its originalname was “Jaya” as written byGanesha. The full 100,000verses of the book was completedseveral centuries laterby addition of many storiesand was finally named as ‘Mahabharata’.