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The first Hindi books, using the Devanagari script or Nāgarī script were Heera Lal's treatise on Ain-i-Akbari, called Ain e Akbari ki Bhasha Vachanika, and Rewa Maharaja's treatise on Kabir. Both books were published in 1795. [citation needed] Munshi Lallu Lal's Hindi translation of Sanskrit Hitopadesha was published in 1809.
Hinduism is an ancient religion, with denominations such as Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Shaktism, among others. [1] [2] Each tradition has a long list of Hindu texts, with subgenre based on syncretization of ideas from Samkhya, Nyaya, Yoga, Vedanta and other schools of Hindu philosophy.
Hindu texts or Hindu scriptures are manuscripts and voluminous historical literature which are related to any of the diverse traditions within Hinduism.Some of the major Hindu texts include the Vedas, the Upanishads, and the Itihasa.
To curb the reader's curiosity, the first edition of this book was printed in 3 thousand copies. This number should be enough for those times. 33 lakh 60 thousand copies of this book were printed in 127 editions in 23 years from 1867 to 1890. That is, at this time, an average of 1 lakh 40 thousand copies of this book were printed annually.
Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), [9] commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is the official language of India alongside English and the lingua franca of North India.
The Devanāgarī script, composed of 48 primary characters, including 14 vowels and 34 consonants, [11] is the fourth most widely adopted writing system in the world, [12] [13] being used for over 120 languages. [14] The orthography of this script reflects the pronunciation of the language. [14]
The text is the fourth Veda, and is a late addition to the Vedic scriptures of Hinduism. [4] [5] [6] The language of the Atharvaveda is different from Rigvedic Sanskrit, preserving pre-Vedic Indo-European archaisms. [7] [6] It is a collection of 730 hymns with about 6,000 mantras, divided into 20 books. [6]
4th Century - 6th Century C.E Peshawar Ramayana: Life of Rama, a prince of the Sun dynasty. Sanskrit: Valmiki 200 BCE - 400 CE [4] Mahabharata: Story of Arjuna, of royal line of Kuru Kingdom: Sanskrit: Lord Ganesha while Veda Vyasa narrated it. 400 BCE - 400 CE [4] Purva Mimamsa Sutras: Sanskrit: Rishi Jaimini: 300 BCE - 200 BCE Bhagavad Gita