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The Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature is a multi-volume English language encyclopedia of Indian literature published by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters. The idea for the project emerged in the mid-1970s, and three volumes were planned to cover all Indian literature, including that in native vernaculars. The scope of the ...
The book includes an introduction and has two sections of commentary on eight Hindi novels followed by an epilogue, with the first section of commentary covering Pariksha Guru (1882) by Lala Shrinivasdas, Sevasadan (1918) and Karmabhumi (1932) by Premchand, and Jhutha Sach (1958–1960) by Yashpal, and the second section covering Gunahon Ka ...
Hindi literature (Hindi: हिंदी साहित्य, romanized: hindī sāhitya) includes literature in the various Central Indo-Aryan languages, also known as Hindi, some of which have different writing systems. Earliest forms of Hindi literature are attested in poetry of Apabhraṃśa such as Awadhi and Marwari.
Chhayavad (Hindi: छायावाद) (approximated in English as "Romanticism", literally "Shaded") refers to the era of Neo-romanticism in Hindi literature, particularly Hindi poetry, 1922–1938, [1] and was marked by an increase of romantic and humanist content.
The smṛti literature is a corpus of varied texts that includes: the six Vedāṅgas (the auxiliary sciences in the Vedas), the epics (the Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa), the Dharmasūtras and Dharmaśāstras (or Smritiśāstras), the Arthasaśāstras, the Purāṇas, the kāvya or poetical literature, extensive Bhashyas (reviews and ...
Arun Kamal is an Indian poet in modern Hindi literature with a progressive, ideological poetic style. Apart from poetry, Kamal has also written criticism and has done translations in Hindi. [1] [2] He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi in 1998. [citation needed] Arun Kamal's real name is Arun Kumar.
Vasudeva-hindi is the oldest surviving text of the Jain narrative literature. The Jain monk Sangha-dasa wrote it in archaic Maharashtri Prakrit language. [1] The author claims that the legend of Vasudeva was first told by Mahavira's pupil Sudharman to his disciple Jambu, and since then, the story was transmitted to the author through a series of teachers and disciples.
She pursued her Master of Arts in Hindi literature from the University of Allahabad in 1955. She was married to Dharamvir Bharati, a renowned Hindi writer. [4] The Quit India Movement of 1942 inspired Bharati to write stories. [5] As a professor, she taught in the degree colleges of Calcutta from 1957 to 1960 and in Bombay in 1975. [6]