The Five Great Epics (Tamil: ஐம்பெரும்காப்பியங்கள் Aimperumkāppiyaṅkaḷ) are five Tamil epics according to later Tamil literary tradition. They are Silappatikāram...

Indian languages, and the Five Great Epics of Tamil literature and Sangam literature are some of the oldest surviving epic poems ever written. In modern...

century poem Tamil vidu thoothu mention the great epics as Panchkavyams. Tamil literature Five Great Epics Zvelebil 1992, pp. 73–74. Kallidaikurichi Aiyah...

The Kuntalakeci is one of Aim-perum-kappiyam (lit. "five great kavyas", or The Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature) according to the later Tamil literary...

World folk-epics are those epics which are not just literary masterpieces but also an integral part of the worldview of a people. They were originally...

the Five Great Epics of Ancient Tamil literature. He is one of the greatest poets from Cheranadu (now Kerala). In a patikam (prologue) to the epic poem...

Vamana, the dwarf Parashurama, the Brahmin warrior Rama, the king, hero of epic Ramayana and the slayer of Ravana Krishna, a central character in the Mahabharata...

significant part of the post-Vedic Sanskrit literature such as the major Hindu epics: the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. The ancient Indian view has been, states...

rejection, happiness and pain, good and evil like all classic epics of the world. Yet unlike other epics that deal with kings and armies caught up with universal...

Barbara Holdrege questions the fifth Veda status of Itihasas (the Hindu epics) and Puranas. The Puranas, states V.S. Agrawala, intend to "explicate, interpret...

Purāṇas". In Jan Gonda (ed.). A History of Indian Literature. Vol. II, Epics and Sanskrit religious literature, Fasc.3. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz...

is mentioned in numerous Hindu texts such as the Puranas and the Hindu Epics. The stories related to Kashyapa in different texts are widely inconsistent...

(Translator: Philip Lutgendorf) Hanuman is mentioned in both the Hindu epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata. Hanuman is mentioned in the Puranas. The Shiva...

is one of the Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature, and one of three that have survived into the modern age. Along with its twin-epic Cilappatikaram...

of Hinduism, from its various traditions, discuss yamas. Patañjali lists five yamas in his Yoga Sūtras of Patanjali. Ten yamas are codified as "the restraints"...

Ratnavrishti, Pushpavrishti, Dundubhi Vadya, Sheetal Vayu and Ahodanam etc. These five works naturally happen at the time of food donation, then they are called...

of diverse texts, and includes but is not limited to Vedāngas, the Hindu epics (such as the Mahabharat and Ramayan), the Sutras and Shastras, the texts...

2015-02-15 Ramesh Menon (2004). The Ramayana: A Modern Retelling of the Great Indian Epic. Macmillan. pp. 109–110. ISBN 978-0-86547-695-0. James G. Lochtefeld...

nature of the principles. Shiva is the great atman, because he is the atman of all, he is forever endowed with the great qualities, there is no greater atman...

the Tamil literature, such as Divya Prabandham, Tirumurai and the Five Great Epics. According to Joseph Campbell, the Indus Valley (2600–1900 BCE) may...

Tamil annai (The Mother Tamil) is praised by ornamenting her with The Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature. சிரமதில் திகழ்வது சீவக சிந்தாமணி - (Civaka Cintamani...

about the 4th century CE, discusses the Varna system in section 12.181. The Epic offers two models on Varna. The first model describes Varna as colour-coded...

Srinivasa (in whom Lakshmi dwells), Narayana (The Primordial One), Perumal (the great lord), Malayappa (the lord of the Hill) and Govinda (Protector of Cows)...

romanized: Sundara Kāṇḍa, lit. 'beautiful chapter') is the fifth book in the Hindu epic Ramayana. The original Sundara Kanda is in Sanskrit, and was composed in...

Chintamani, is one of the five great Tamil epics. Authored by a Madurai-based Jain ascetic Tiruttakkatēvar in the early 10th century, the epic is a story of a prince...

Tirutakkatevar was a Tamil Jain poet who wrote Cīvaka Cintāmaṇi, one of The Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature. He, as a local king, also supported Kambar, one...

Pagoda" in European sailor accounts as early as 1676 because it looked like a great tiered tower which appeared black. Similarly, the Jagannath Temple in Puri...

Buddhacarita by Aśvaghoṣa (Indian epic poetry) Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi by Faltonia Betitia Proba The Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature: Cilappatikāram...

sixteen. Markandeya mastered the Vedas and the Shastras and grew up to be a great devotee of Shiva. Learning his fate from his distressed parents shortly...

The well-known smṛtis include Bhagavad Gita, Bhagavata Purana and the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, amongst others. Hindus consider the Vedas to be...