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Indian literature refers to the literature produced on the Indian subcontinent until 1947 and in the Republic of India thereafter. The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India has 22 officially recognised languages. Sahitya Akademi, India's highest literary body, also has 24 recognised literary languages.
The Smriti literature is a vast corpus of diverse texts, and includes but is not limited to Vedāngas, the Hindu epics (such as the Mahabharat and Ramayan), the Sutras and Shastras, the texts of Hindu philosophies, the Puranas, the Kāvya or poetical literature, the Bhasyas, and numerous Nibandhas (digests) covering politics, ethics, culture ...
Paripūraṇāṉantha Bōtham _ Tamil Hindu work attributed to the works of Pamban Swamigal. Patthu Pirapantham _ A Tamil Hindu work composed by Pamban Swamigal. Purana (पुराण): Purana meaning "ancient" or "old" is the name of a genre (or a group of related genres) of Indian written literature (as distinct from oral literature). Its ...
Name Description Alternate Names Date Vedas: Sacred hymns on 5 supreme gods led by Surya, which are a large body of texts originating in ancient India.Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism.
The Puranas is a vast genre of encyclopedic Indian literature about a wide range of topics particularly myths, legends and other traditional lore. [218] Several of these texts are named after major Hindu deities such as Vishnu, Shiva and Devi. [219] [220] There are 18 Maha Puranas (Great Puranas) and 18 Upa Puranas (Minor Puranas), with over ...
The Puranas are known for the intricate layers of symbolism depicted within their stories. Composed originally in Sanskrit [3] and in other Indian languages, [4] [5] several of these texts are named after major Hindu gods such as Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma, and Tridevi. [6] [7] The Puranic genre of literature is found in both Hinduism and Jainism. [5]
The following list provides a somewhat common set of reconstructed dates for the terminus ante quem of Hindu texts, by title and genre. It is notable that Hinduism largely followed an oral tradition to pass on knowledge, for which there is no record of historical dates. All dates here given ought to be regarded as roughly approximate, subject ...
The Puranas (literally "ancient, old", [7]) is a vast genre of Indian literature about a wide range of topics, particularly legends and other traditional lore, [8] composed in the first millennium CE. [9] [note 1] The Hindu Puranas are anonymous texts and likely the work of many authors over the centuries. [10]