Indian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent, traditionally called Kavya (or Kāvya; Sanskrit: काव्य, IAST: kāvyá). The Ramayana...

the Odyssey combined. Famous examples of epic poetry include the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh, the ancient Indian Mahabharata and Rāmāyaṇa in Sanskrit and...

mythology; incomplete) Kumārasambhava by Kālidāsa (Indian epic poetry) Raghuvaṃśa by Kālidāsa (Indian epic poetry) Blemyomachia (Greek, only fragments survive)...

its roots in ancient epics (poems such as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey). An epic is not limited to the traditional medium of oral poetry, but has expanded to...

poems, as well as "poetry itself, i.e., all those works that conform to artistic and literary norms." Indian poetry includes epic and lyrical elements...

Mahākāvya (lit. great kāvya, court epic), also known as sargabandha, is a genre of Indian epic poetry in Classical Sanskrit. The genre is characterised...

Indic text. Indian poetry and Indian literature in general, has a long history dating back to Vedic times. They were written in various Indian languages...

Psalms); or from a need to retell oral epics, as with the Egyptian Story of Sinuhe, Indian epic poetry, and the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Ancient...

Look up epic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Epic commonly refers to: Epic poetry, a long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds and events significant...

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with stricter rules. The śloka is the basis for Indian epic poetry, and may be considered the Indian verse form par excellence, occurring as it does far...

in Sanskrit referring to the tree or its flowers. In Mahākāvya, or Indian epic poetry, the ashoka tree is mentioned in the Ramayana in reference to the...

Furthermore, his religious depictions of Hindu deities and works from Indian epic poetry and Puranas have received profound acclaim. He was part of the royal...

secondary literature such as those found in the shastras, sutras, and the Indian epic poetry. In other words, the Charvaka epistemology states that whenever one...

exist, it is impossible to imagine that entity in any facet or form. Indian epic poetry Ramayana Mahabharata Puranas Vyūha "The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva:...

as the "Book of the Forest", is the third of eighteen parvas in the Indian epic Mahabharata. Vana Parva traditionally has 21 parts and 324 chapters....

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millennium. The oldest epic poetry besides the Epic of Gilgamesh are the Greek epics Iliad and Odyssey and the Indian Sanskrit epics Ramayana and Mahabharata...

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Purana regarding Shiva and Shaivite worship and is also considered 'Indian epic poetry' (Itihāsa). The book is dedicated to detailed explanation of Shaivite...

official national symbols that represent the Republic of India. List of Indian state symbols "India at a glance". Government of India. Retrieved 1 December...

Sanskrit is found in the Sanskrit of Indian epic poetry—the Ramayana and Mahabharata. The deviations from Pāṇini in the epics are generally considered to be...

The Epic of Manas (Kyrgyz: Манас дастаны, romanized: Manas dastanı, ماناس دستانی) is a very long and traditional epic poem of the Kyrgyz people of Central...

Bicolano full-length folk epic of the Bicol region of the Philippines, based on the Indian Hindu epics Ramayana and Mahabharata. The epic is said to have been...

to: Itihasa, historical portions of the Brāhmaṇas Indian epic poetry Itihaas (1987 film), a 1987 Indian film Itihaas (TV series), a TV series by Balaji...

including form of Yakshagana found in southern Indian region of Karnataka. It features stories from Indian epic poetry and the Puranas rendered as dance and drama...

refers to a myriad of poetic forms, spanning epic, lyrical verse, prose poems, dramatic poetry and oral poetry, composed in Caribbean territories regardless...

Samhita Arni is an Indian writer who writes in English. She is best known for her adaptations of Indian epic poetry. She started writing and illustrating...

secondary literature such as those found in the shastras, sutras, and the Indian epic poetry as well as in the dialogues of Gautama Buddha and from Jain literature...