• In Hinduism, Itihasa-Purana, also called the fifth Veda, refers to the traditional accounts of cosmogeny, myths, royal genealogies of the lunar dynasty...
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    Ramayana is one of the two major Sanskrit ancient epics (Itihasas) of Hindu literature. It was composed by sage Valmiki. This is a list of important figures...
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    Epic-Puranic chronology is a timeline of Hindu mythology based on the Itihasa (the Sanskrit Epics, that is, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana) and the...
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  • Some of the major Hindu texts include the Vedas, the Upanishads, and the Itihasa. Scholars hesitate in defining the term "Hindu scriptures" given the diverse...
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    legend is later told in the Itihāsas and Purānas with more detail. The legend with more detail in the Purānas and Itihāsas- The three brothers began to...
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    adherents of the Hindu religion, found in Hindu texts such as the Vedas, the itihasa (the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana,) the Puranas, and mythological...
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    Ashtavakra studied, became a sage and a celebrated character of the Hindu Itihasa epics and Puranas. Ashtavakra is the author of the text Aṣṭāvakra Gītā...
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    Dravidian folk religion Śramaṇa Tribal religions in India Traditional Itihasa-Purana Epic-Puranic royal genealogies Epic-Puranic chronology Traditions...
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    ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata. The epic narrates the life of Rama, a...
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    Vedic period. Armor has been described in religious texts; including the Itihasa epics Ramayana and Mahabharat, as well as in the Puranas. The Vedic age...
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    who is also a major figure in the epic. Vyasa described it as being an itihasa (transl. history). He also describes the Guru–shishya tradition, which...
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    as Deva-Asuras. In post-Vedic Hindu texts, such as the Puranas and the Itihasas of Hinduism, the Devas represent the good, and the Asuras the bad. In some...
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    Pratāpagaṛha rājya kā itihāsa (in Latvian). Rājasthanī Granthāgāra. ISBN 978-81-87720-02-7. Retrieved 17 June 2022. Vīravinoda: Mevāṛa kā itihāsa : Mahārāṇāoṃ...
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  • rites (yajña), and meditation (dhyāna) and yoga. While the traditional Itihasa-Purana and the Epic-Puranic chronology derived from it present Hinduism...
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    Shaiva puranas Shiva Linga Skanda Vayu Agni Shakta puranas Devi Bhagavata Itihasa Ramayana Historicity Mahabharata Historicity Sangam literature Saiva Tirumurai...
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    Shaiva puranas Shiva Linga Skanda Vayu Agni Shakta puranas Devi Bhagavata Itihasa Ramayana Historicity Mahabharata Historicity Sangam literature Saiva Tirumurai...
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  • Satya (Krita), Treta, Dvapara, and Kali Historicity of the Mahabharata Itihasa (Hindu Tradition) Kali ahargana List of numbers in Hindu scriptures Puranic...
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  • to the "histories" (Itihasa-Purana, "ancient traditions") of its day, itihāsapurāṇaṃ pañcamaṃ vedānāṃ This reference to itihasa-purana is used by the...
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    ISBN 978-0-230-32885-3 – via Google Books. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bharatiya Itihasa Samiti, Ramesh Chandra Majumdar – The History and Culture of the Indian...
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  • legendary Indian dynasty, primarily featured in Hindu scriptures such as the Itihasas and the Puranas. It is considered to be an offshoot of the Sūryavaṃśa or...
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    Dravidian folk religion Śramaṇa Tribal religions in India Traditional Itihasa-Purana Epic-Puranic royal genealogies Epic-Puranic chronology Traditions...
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