occasion. At that event we know he performed a story about the hero Bima from the Mahabharata. Hinduism arrived in Indonesia from India even before the Christian era‚ and was slowly adopted as the local belief system. Sanskrit became the literary and court language of Java and later of Bali. The Hindus changed the Wayang (as did the Muslims‚ later) to spread their religion‚ mostly by stories from the Mahabharata or the Ramayana. Later this mixture of religion and wayang play was praised as
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and translated in the past century in Mysore by R. Shamasastry‚ and that until then‚ there was no knowledge of any such compilation‚ despite scant allusions made to an “Arthashastra‚” and its alternative names “Nitisastra” and “Dandaniti‚” in the Mahabharata.3 Thomas Trautmann dates the text to c.150 A.D. and‚ through rigorous statistical analysis‚ he concludes that the Arthashastra had several authors spanning a wide range of dates‚4 which adds to the puzzle of how historically obscure the text has
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official language of the state of Uttarakhand.[4] Sanskrit holds a prominent position in Indo-European studies. The corpus of Sanskrit literature encompasses a rich tradition of poetry and drama as well as scientific‚ technical‚ philosophical and dharma texts. Sanskrit continues to be widely used as a ceremonial language in Hindu religious rituals and Buddhist practice in the forms of hymns and mantras. Spoken Sanskrit has been revised in some villages with traditional institutions‚ and there are
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Lit. 103 World Literatures Preliminary Examination Reviewer ------------------------------------------------- Indian-Chinese-Japanese Indian Literature Aryan race- invaded India from North West * Brahmanism‚ Hinduism‚ and Jainism were their religions Gautama Buddha- made many changes in the old religion; his teachings later became the basis for one of the five major religions Sanskrit- oldest extant Aryan language‚ used in most Ancient Indian literature 2 Periods of Indian Literature
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Both the Mahabharata and the Epic of Gilgamesh are ancient stories with a heroic character at their center. Arjuna and Gilgamesh are both on some sort of journey and display qualities of a traditional literary hero‚ but in my opinion‚ Arjuna is the more hero-like man. Arjuna is incredibly disciplined. While being trained with his brothers and cousins by the great teacher Drona‚ he is the only one who can focus singularly on his target and shoot it with his bow. He is also selfless‚ for
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strangers divided on moral basis instills fear in some‚ and joy in others. How is this possible? Luckily‚ Christianity isn’t the only religion to face such a predicament or idea. The Bhagavad Gita is one of the Hindu sacred texts following the epic Mahabharata. The story told is of the torn hero Arjuna as he faces this very predicament and can answer that question. Krishna teaches him of the battle between good and evil‚ the secret of life‚ the secret of wisdom‚ and expounds the mysteries of divinity
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Bhitragaon (near Kanpur) belong to the Gupta architecture. Gupta Art • Samudragupta is represented on his coins playing the lute (vina). • 2 mt high bronze image of Buddha belonging to the Mathura school. • The Buddha sitting in his Dharma Chakra mudra belongs to Sarnath. • Buddha images of Bamiyan belonged to Gupta period. • Ajanta Paintings is of this time. They belong to the Buddhist art. • Images of Vishnu‚ Shiva & some other Hindu Gods feature I time in this period
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intent in action…not on the fruits of action.” (Reichenbach 399). He explains this by talking about Dharma‚ in which he explains how it is “a person’s innate nature which belongs to him or her as an individual or as a member of a group.” (Dharma lecture). In the Bhagavad Purana‚ it talks about who Krishna fought‚ what he did in his adolescence to when he had to go to Dhwarka‚ where the Mahabharata took place‚ which then starts the Bhagavad Gita teachings. These make his followers learn and realize
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Roots of Indian Culture in Sindhu Saraswati Civilisation The Saraswati Civilisation A fresh study by a group of international scientists peesh confirms the dominant role of Saraswati river in sustaining the so-called Indus Valley Civilisation. [28] A new study titled‚ ‘Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilisation’‚ has concluded that the Indus Valley Civilisation died out because the monsoons which fed the rivers that supported the civilisation‚ migrated
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The Mahabharata (Sanskrit Mahābhārata महाभारत‚IPA: [məɦaːˈbʱaːrət̪ə]) is one of the two major Sanskritepics of ancient India‚ the other being theRamayana.[1] Besides its epic narrative of the Kurukshetra War and the fates of the Kauravas and the Pandava princes‚ the Mahabharata contains much philosophical and devotional material‚ such as a discussion of the four "goals of life" or purusharthas (12.161). Among the principal works and stories that are a part of theMahabharata are the Bhagavad Gita
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