8/20/2019 Sanskrit Epics

1/1

Sanskrit epics

Main article: Sanskrit literature

The ancient Sanskrit epics, the Ramayana and Mahabharata, also termed Itihāsa ("History") or Mahākāvya ("Great

Compositions"), refer to epic poems that form a canon of Hindu scripture. Indeed, the epic form prevailed and verse remained

until very recently the preferred form of Hindu literary orks. Hero!orship as and is a central aspect of Indian culture, and

thus readily lent itself to a literary tradition that aounded in epic poetry and literature. The #uranas, a massive collection of

verse!form histories of India$s many Hindu %ods and %oddesses, folloed in this tradition. Itih&sas and #ur&n'as are mentioned

in the tharva eda*+ and referred to as the fourth Veda.*-

The lan%ua%e of these tets, termed Epic Sanskrit, constitutes the earliest phase of  Classical Sanskrit, folloin% the latest

sta%e of edic Sanskrit found in the Shrauta Sutras.

The famous poet and playri%ht /&lid&sa also rote to epics0 Raghuvamsha (The Dynasty of Raghu)

and Kumarasambhava (The Birth of Kumar Kartikeya), thou%h they ere ritten in later Classical Sanskrit rather than 1pic

Sanskrit. 2ther Classical Sanskrit epics are the 3Slayin% of 4i5up&la6 4i5up&lavadha of  7&%ha, 3r8una and the 7ountain7an6/ir&t&r8un9ya of  :h&ravi, the 3dventures of the #rince of ;ishadha6 ;ais  'adhacarita of 4r9hars  'a and ":hat  't  'i$s

#oem" :hat  't  'ik&vyaof  :hat  't  'i.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit_literaturehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit_literaturehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_poetryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_poetryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayanahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayanahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharatahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharatahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharatahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/canonhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/canonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_scripturehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_scripturehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literaturehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_culturehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puranashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puranashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atharva_Vedahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atharva_Vedahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_epic_poetry#cite_note-2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_epic_poetry#cite_note-3https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_epic_poetry#cite_note-3https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Sanskrithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Sanskrithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Sanskrithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic_Sanskrithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic_Sanskrithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrauta_Sutrashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrauta_Sutrashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81lid%C4%81sahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81lid%C4%81sahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghuvamshahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghuvamshahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghuvamshahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumarasambhavahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumarasambhavahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumarasambhavahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Ai%C5%9Bup%C4%81lavadhahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Ai%C5%9Bup%C4%81lavadhahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ghahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ghahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kir%C4%81t%C4%81rjun%C4%AByahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kir%C4%81t%C4%81rjun%C4%AByahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kir%C4%81t%C4%81rjun%C4%AByahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bh%C4%81ravihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bh%C4%81ravihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bh%C4%81ravihttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nai%E1%B9%A3adhacarita&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nai%E1%B9%A3adhacarita&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nai%E1%B9%A3adhacarita&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nai%E1%B9%A3adhacarita&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Ar%C4%ABhar%E1%B9%A3a&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Ar%C4%ABhar%E1%B9%A3a&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Ar%C4%ABhar%E1%B9%A3a&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Ar%C4%ABhar%E1%B9%A3a&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bha%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADik%C4%81vyahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bha%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADik%C4%81vyahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bha%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADik%C4%81vyahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bha%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADik%C4%81vyahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bha%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADik%C4%81vyahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bha%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADik%C4%81vyahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bha%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bha%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bha%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bha%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_poetryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayanahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharatahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/canonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_scripturehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literaturehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_culturehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puranashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atharva_Vedahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_epic_poetry#cite_note-2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_epic_poetry#cite_note-3https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Sanskrithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic_Sanskrithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrauta_Sutrashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81lid%C4%81sahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghuvamshahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumarasambhavahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Ai%C5%9Bup%C4%81lavadhahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ghahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kir%C4%81t%C4%81rjun%C4%AByahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bh%C4%81ravihttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nai%E1%B9%A3adhacarita&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Ar%C4%ABhar%E1%B9%A3a&action=edit&redlink=1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bha%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADik%C4%81vyahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bha%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit_literature