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  2. Nāradasmṛti - Wikipedia

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    Nāradasmṛti is a part of the Dharmaśāstras, an Indian literary tradition that serves as a collection of legal maxims relating to the topic of dharma. [1] This text is purely juridical in character in that it focuses solely on procedural and substantive law. [1]

  3. The Book of Beliefs and Opinions - Wikipedia

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    In the first two sections, Saadia discusses the metaphysical problems of the creation of the world (i.) and the unity of the Creator (ii.); in the following sections, he discusses revelation (iii.) and the doctrines of belief based upon divine justice, including obedience and disobedience (iv.), as well as merit and demerit (v.).

  4. Sanskrit literature - Wikipedia

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    Sanskrit literature is a broad term for all literature composed in Sanskrit.This includes texts composed in the earliest attested descendant of the Proto-Indo-Aryan language known as Vedic Sanskrit, texts in Classical Sanskrit as well as some mixed and non-standard forms of Sanskrit.

  5. Pakudha Kaccayana - Wikipedia

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    Pakudha Kaccāyana was an Indian teacher and philosopher who lived around the 6th century BCE, contemporaneous with Mahavira and the Buddha.He was an atomist who believed in atomism which believed that everything is made of seven eternal elements – earth, water, fire, air, happiness, pain and soul.

  6. An Introduction to the Study of Indian History - Wikipedia

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    The class structure; Productive basis of the state; Interlude of Trade and Invasions; After the Mauryans; Superstition in agrarian society; Caste and the village; the Manusmriti; Changes in religion; The settlement of the Deccan plateau; Commodity producers and trade; The development of Sanskrit; Social functions of Sanskrit literature ...

  7. Vivekacūḍāmaṇi - Wikipedia

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    9 240–249 That thou art: you are it! 10 250–266 Meditation, its purpose, the method, questions to ponder and reflect on 11 267–338 The method 267–276 Understand and end vasanas (impressions, inertia, memorized beliefs and behavior) 277–292 Understand and end svadhyasa (superimposed sense of self) 293–309

  8. Ramcharitmanas - Wikipedia

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    Picture of author, Tulsidas published in the Ramcharitmanas, 1949.. Tulsidas began writing the Ramcharitmanas in Ayodhya in Vikram Samvat 1631 (1574 CE). [n 2] [15] The exact date is stated within the poem as being the ninth day of the month of Chaitra, which is the birthday of Rama or Rama Navami. [15]

  9. 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.