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In the mythical narratives of the Itihasa-Purana there is no clear distinction between mythology, hagiography and historiography. [2] The Indian tradition regards the Itihasa-Purana as authoritative historical writings, documenting past events [1] and prescribing dharma, the right way tho live. [7]
The Itihasa-Purana, the Epic-Puranic narratives of the Sanskrit Epics (Mahabharata and the Ramayana) [1] and the Puranas, [1] contain royal genealogies of the lunar dynasty and solar dynasty which are regarded by Indian traditions as historic events, and used in the Epic-Puranic chronology to establish a traditional timeline of Indian history.
The Bhagavata Purana [3.11.18-20] (c. 500-1000 CE) gives a matching description of the yuga lengths in divine years. The Kali Yuga is the present yuga . According to Puranic sources , Krishna's departure marks the end of Dvapara Yuga and the start of Kali Yuga , [ note 2 ] which is dated to 17/18 February 3102 BCE , [ 17 ] [ 18 ] twenty years ...
Prambanan Trimurti temple near Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia As in many oral epics, multiple versions of the Ramayana survive. In particular, the Ramayana related in north India differs in important respects from that preserved in south India and the rest of southeast Asia.
Smriti is the classification of literature which includes various scriptures and Itihasas (epics like the Ramayana and Mahabharata), Harivamsa Puranas, Agamas and Darshanas. This genre of texts includes the Sutras and Shastras of the six schools of Hindu philosophy : Samkhya , Yoga, Nyaya , Vaisheshika, Mimamsa and Vedanta .
The source of dharma is declared to be fivefold: 1) śrutiḥ; 2) smṛtiḥ; sadācāraḥ (right conduct); svasya ca priyam ātmanaḥ (one's own benefit) and 5) desire born of purposeful intention (samyaksaṃkalpajaḥ kāmaḥ).
The source of many popular stories of Krishna's pastimes for centuries in the Indian subcontinent, [6] the Bhagavata Purana is widely recognized as the best-known and most influential of the Puranas, and as a part of Vedic literature (the Puranas, Itihasa epics, and Upanishads) is referred to as the "Fifth Veda".
The fundamental meaning of Dharma in Dharmasūtras, states Olivelle is diverse, and includes accepted norms of behavior, procedures within a ritual, moral actions, righteousness and ethical attitudes, civil and criminal law, legal procedures and penance or punishment, and guidelines for proper and productive living. [42]