Vidyaranya, the well-known author of the abridged Mahabharatha, who has not left out a single episode of the original, does not touch these questionable 22 chapters in question.The commentators on Mahabharatha clearly mention that these chapters are not part of the original Mahabharatha, but drawn from 'Linga Puranam' and 'Adithya Puranam'.The original palm leaves do not contain these questionable chapters.There is an interesting footnote on page 576, which provides six reasons to establish that the question portion of 22 chapters is an interpolation: It is observed that Anna Subramanya Iyer had drawn his reference from this questionable portion of Anusaasana Parva. After printing the 'Anusaasana Parva' of 252 chapters, it is mentioned that 22 chapters occurring between the 576 and 642 (66 pages) is an interpolation (material added to the original). Answer: In the year 1910, the 'Vaidika Vardhani Mudraakshara Press' printed a version of Mahabharatha.
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