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...

Roman national epic, Virgil's Aeneid (written between 29 and 19 BCE); and the Indian epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Epic poetry appears to have...

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...

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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:...

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...

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...

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....

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...

Roman national epic, Virgil's Aeneid (written between 29 and 19 BCE); and the Indian epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Epic poetry appears to have...

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...

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

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

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...

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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...

language. It is one of the two great epic poems of Cambodia with the Reamker in the style of the Indian epic poetry. The Poem of Angkor Wat is the story...

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...

Oral-formulaic composition is a theory that originated in the scholarly study of epic poetry and developed in the second quarter of the twentieth century. It seeks...

known as the “Book of Virata”, is the fourth of eighteen books of the Indian epic Mahabharata. Virata Parva traditionally has 4 parts and 72 chapters....

influential in Indian culture, and many classical Indian poets derive the plots of their poetry and drama from the Itihasa. The Epic-Puranic chronology...

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