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OF INDIAN
LITERATURE
Ticzon. Arroyo. Sustiguer. Leonor. Diaz A.
Indian literaturerefers to the
literature produced on the
Indian subcontinentuntil 1947 and
in theRepublic of Indiathereafter.
TheRepublichas 22 officially
recognizedlanguages.
SANSKRIT
LITERATURE
- It is an Indian literature that
originated with an oral tradition
VEDIC HOLY
The arayans
Rig veda
- Oldest holy works
brahmanas
- It is codified the rituals and
prayers of Brahmins
UPANISHADS
- are a collection of texts of religious
and philosophical nature, written in
India probably between c. 800 BCE
and c. 500 BCE
PURANAS
-They contain narratives about the history of
the Universe from creation to destruction
and the genealogies of kings, heroes, sages,
and demigods.
mahabharta
- has the honor of being the longest epic in
world literature, 100,000 2-line stanzas
- it eight times as long as
Homer'sIliadandOdysseytogether,
- resembles a long journey with many side
roads and detours. It is said that Whatever