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    INDIAN

    LITERATURE
    VEDA
    SVedas- a set of hymns that formed the cornerstone of Aryan culture.

    Hindus consider the Vedas, which were transmitted orally by priests, to be
    the most sacred of all literature for they believe these to have been
    revealed to humans directly by the gods.
     Rigveda- means “hymns of supreme sacred knowledge,” is the foremost
    collection or Samhita made up of 1,028 hymns. The oldest of the Vedas,
    it contains strong, energetic, non-speculative hymns, often comparable to
    the psalms in the Old Testament.
    MAHABHARATA
     Traditionally ascribed to the sage Vyasa
     consists of a mass of legendary and didactic material that tells of the
    struggle for supremacy between two groups of cousins, the Kauravas and
    the Pandavas set sometime 3102 BC.
     The poem is made up of almost 100,000 couplets divided into 18
    parvans or sections.
     It is an exposition on dharma (codes of conduct), including the proper
    conduct of a king, of a warrior, of a man living in times of calamity, and of
    a person seeking to attain emancipation from rebirth.
    BHAGAVAD GITA
     Is a 700-verse Hindu scripture in Sanskrit that is part of the Hindu epic
    Mahabharata.
     (The Blessed Lord’s Song) is one of the greatest and most beautiful of
    the Hindu scriptures.
     It is regarded by the Hindus in somewhat the same way as the Gospels are
    by Christians.
     It forms part of Book IV and is written in the form of a dialogue between
    the warrior Prince Arjuna and his friend and charioteer, Krishna, who is
    also an earthly incarnation of the god Vishnu.
    RAMAYANA
     Composed in Sanskrit, probably not before 300 BC, by the poet Valmiki.
     Consists of some 24,000 couplets divided into seven books.
     It reflects the Hindu values and forms of social organization, the theory of
    karma, the ideals of wifehood, and feelings about caste, honor and
    promises.
    PANCHATANTRA
     The Panchatantra is a collection of Indian beast fables originally written
    in Sanskrit.
     In Europe, the work was known under the title The Fables of Bidpai after
    the narrator, and Indian sage named Bidpai, (called Vidyapati in Sanskrit).
    SAKUNTALA
     Sanskrit drama by Kalidasa, tells of the love between Sakuntala and
    King Dushyanta.
     What begins as a physical attraction for both of them becomes spiritual in
    the end as their love endures and surpasses all difficulties.
     King Dushyanta is a noble and pious king who upholds his duties above
    personal desire. Sakuntala, on the other hand, is a young girl who
    matures beautifully because of her kindness, courage, and strength of
    will. After a period of suffering, the two are eventually reunited.
    GITANJALI: SONG OFFERINGS
     Gitanjali: Song Offerings was originally published in India in 1910 and
    it s translation followed in 1912.
     Collection of poems- the original Bengali collection of 157 poems was
    published on August 14, 1910
     Rabindranath Tagore uses imagery from nature to express the themes of
    love and the internal conflict between spiritual longings and earthly
    desires.
     The son of a Great Sage, Tagore is a Bengali poet and mystic who won
    the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
    BUDDHISM
     This religion is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, called
    Buddha, or the ‘Enlightened One.’ Much of Buddha’s teaching is
    focused on self-awareness and self-development in order to attain nirvana
    or enlightenment.
    BUDDHISM
     The Buddhist scriptures uphold the Four Noble Truths and the Noble
    Eightfold Path.
     The Four Noble Truths are:
    1) life is suffering;
    2) the cause of suffering is desire;
    3) the removal of desire is the removal of suffering; and
    4) the Noble Eightfold Path leads to the end of suffering.
     The Noble Eightfold Path consists of:
    1) right understanding; 2) right thought; 3) right speech; 4) right action;
    5) right means of livelihood; 6) right effort; 7) right concentration; and
    8) right meditation.

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