About Sauptika Parva
The Sauptika Parva, or the "Book of the Sleepers," is the tenth of eighteen books of the Indian Epic Mahabharata. Sauptika Parva traditionally has 2 sub-books and 18 chapters, as does the critical edition. Sauptika Parva describes the revenge of Aswatthama, Kritavarman and Kripa, three of the five Kaurava survivors.