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Sanskrit Literature: Encyclopedia - Sanskrit Literature
Literature in Sanskrit, India's oldest language, and the mother language of several modern languages in India. Given its extensive use in...
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Sanskrit Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit Literature - Classical Poetry
This refers to the poetry produced from the 3rd to approximately the 7th centuries. Kalidasa is the foremost example of a classical poet....
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Sanskrit Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit Literature - Panini And Ashtadhyayi
Arguably, no grammarian has had as much influence over the grammar of any language as much as Panini has had over Sanskrit grammar and ph...
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The Kavyas : The Kavyas In The
Hindu Scriptures
The Kavyas are highly scholarly compositions in
poetry, prose or both. The greatest of poetical Kavyas are those of Kalidas (The
Raghuvam...
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Malayalam Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Malayalam Language - Development Of Literature
The earliest written record of Malayalam is the vazhappalli inscription (ca. 830 AD). The early literature of Malayalam comprised three t...
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Sanskrit Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit Literature - Sanskrit Plays
India has a rich tradition of theatrical arts, possibly longer than that of the western world. The theatrical tradition of India was not ...
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Sanskrit Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit Literature - The Epics
The period between approximately the 12th and the 2nd centuries BC saw the composition of the two great Hindu epics, the Mahabharata and ...
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Sanskrit Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit Literature - Bharata's Natyasastra
The Natyasastra (literally "Scripture of Dance," though it sometimes translated as "Science of Theatre'") is a keystone work in Sanskrit ...
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Sanskrit Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit Literature - The Vedic Period
Composed between approximately 2000 BC and 500 BC, Vedic literature forms the basis for the further development of Hinduism. There are fo...
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Sanskrit Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit Literature - Later Sanskrit Literature
Some important works from the 11th century include the Katha-Saritsagara and Geeta Govinda.
The Katha-Saritsagara (An Ocean of Stories) b...
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