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  2. Idgah (short story) - Wikipedia

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    "Idgah" tells the story of a four-year-old orphan, named Hamid who lives with his grandmother Amina. Hamid, the protagonist of the story, has recently lost his parents; however, his grandmother tells him that his father has gone to earn money , and he will come back with sackloads of silver.

  3. Manusmriti - Wikipedia

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    The verses 12.1, 12.2 and 12.82 are transitional verses. [20] This section is in a different style than the rest of the text, raising questions of whether this entire chapter was added later. While there is evidence that this chapter was extensively redacted over time, it is unclear whether the entire chapter is of a later era. [30]

  4. Premchand - Wikipedia

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    Premchand is considered the first Hindi author whose writings prominently featured realism. [12] His novels describe the problems of the poor and the urban middle-class. [ 12 ] His works depict a rationalistic outlook, which views religious values as something that allows the powerful hypocrites to exploit the weak. [ 35 ]

  5. Bhagavad Gita - Wikipedia

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    The Bhagavad Gita (/ ˈ b ʌ ɡ ə v ə d ˈ ɡ iː t ɑː /; [1] Sanskrit: भगवद्गीता, IPA: [ˌbʱɐɡɐʋɐd ˈɡiːtɑː], romanized: bhagavad-gītā, lit. 'God's song'), [a] often referred to as the Gita (IAST: gītā), is a Hindu scripture, dated to the second or first century BCE, [7] which forms part of the epic Mahabharata.

  6. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    Hindi is considered a Sanskritised register [10] of Hindustani, which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas. [11] [12] [13] It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states.

  7. Shilpa Shastras - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] It is an ancient umbrella term for numerous Hindu texts that describe arts, crafts, and their design rules, principles and standards. In the context of Hindu temple architecture and sculpture, Shilpa Shastras were manuals for sculpture and Hindu iconography , prescribing among other things, the proportions of a sculptured figure ...

  8. Sanskrit literature - Wikipedia

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    The bhāṣyas, the commentaries that followed the sūtras were structured in the style of student-teacher dialogue wherein a question is posed, a partial solution, the pūrvapakṣa, proposed, which is then handled, corrected and the final opinion established, the siddhānta. In time, the bhāṣyas evolved to become more like a lecture.

  9. Baiju Bawra - Wikipedia

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    Baiju Bawra, a 1952 Hindi-language movie depicts a completely fictionalized version of Baiju's life. The film was a big commercial success. The film was a big commercial success. In the movie, Tansen is known to be the greatest musician alive.