The Languages of India belong to several language families‚ the major ones being the Indo-Aryan languages (a subbranch of Indo-European) spoken by 74% of Indians and the Dravidian languages spoken by 23% of Indians.[1][2] Other languages spoken in India belong to the Austro-Asiatic‚ Tibeto-Burman‚ and a few minor language families and isolates.[3] The official language of the Central Government of Republic of India is Standard Hindi‚ while English is the secondary official language.[4] The constitution
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1 . Theatre Of India The earliest form of the theatre of India was the Sanskrit theatre. It began after the development of Greek and Roman theatre and before the development of theatre in other parts of Asia. It emerged sometime between the 2nd century BCE and the 1st century CE and flourished between the 1st century CE and the 10th In an attempt to re-assert indigenous values and ideas‚ village theatre was encouraged across the subcontinent‚ developing in a large number of regional languages
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speech and was well acquainted with dramaturgy‚ logic‚ astrology‚ and philosophy. His dramatic art and knowledge of Arthashastra are evenly balanced in Mudrarakshasa. He broke fresh ground in Sanskrit drama and gained fame with this play only. Vishakhadatta occupies a significant place in the history of Sanskrit literature because he started the tradition of writing purely political plays devoid of the emotions of love and humour. Mudrarakshasa is a historical play of the Nataka type in seven acts
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Nizami Ganjavi. His work was considered to be one of the great classics of Persian poetry during the Timurid period in Transoxiana. He wrote primarily in Persian and Hindustani. He also wrote a war ballad in Punjabi. In addition‚ he spoke Arabic and Sanskrit. His poetry is still Ab’ul Hasan was a Sufi musician‚ poet and scholar. He was an iconic figure in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent. He was a mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi. Amīr Khusrow has been reputed
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Finch Four Yogic Paths and Jainism | Jnana Yoga | Karma Yoga | Bhakti Yoga | Raja Yoga | Jainism | Explain the Meaning of the Name | Jnana is defined per Sanskrit as to learn or experience. | Karma is defined as an action or work. Only secondarily is it defined as a result of a deed. | Bhakti is defined as love or devotion. | Per Sanskrit raja is defined as king or royal‚ as the mind is perceived as the king of the psyche. | One thirthankaras‚ Mahavira‚ is called a jina‚ which means conqueror
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around 200 B.C.E. by Pandit Vishnu Sarma‚ however‚ no Sanskrit versions of the text before 1000 C.E. have survived. One of the most influential Sanskrit contributions to world literature‚ it was exported north to Tibet and China and east to South East Asia by Buddhist Monks on pilgrimage. The Panchatantra also migrated westwards‚ during the Sassanid reign of Nushirvan around 570 C.E. when his famous physician Borzuy translated it from Sanskrit into the middle Persian language of
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Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म; IPA: [ˈkarmə] ( listen); Pali: kamma) means action‚ work or deed;[1] it also refers to the principle of causality where intent and actions of an individual influence the future of that individual.[2] Good intent and good deed contribute to good karma and future happiness‚ while bad intent and bad deed contribute to bad karma and future suffering.[3][4] Karma is closely associated with the idea of rebirth in some schools of Asian religions.[5] In these schools‚ karma in the
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Bhattacharya‚ Wife of Late Shyamapad Bhattacharya‚ resident of Balanan Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya‚ Karnibadh‚ P.O. Balanand Ashram‚ P.S. Kunda‚ District-Deoghar. …Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand. 2. The State of Bihar‚ through the Secretary‚ (Higher Education)‚ Human Resource Development Department‚ Secretariat Building P.O. & P.S. Sachiwalay ‚ Beli Road‚ Patna District-Patna‚ Bihar. 3. Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University‚ Kameshwar Nagar‚ Darbhanga‚ Disrict- Darbhanga‚ through
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appears. The poet is supposed to express the most ordinary experience in the most extraordinary but common words. It is remarkable to note that the Sanskrit Acharyas were conscious of this creative use of language of poetry. They held that if one wanted to analyse poetry‚ one has to analyse the language of poetry. The Sanskrit theoreticians are to be credited for the theories and rules they laid down to apply on all the forms of literature. These theories are truly general theories
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India has always been considered as a mysterious world with wide variety of interesting traditional values that was created all along the history line of India‚ from the big and complex things like philosophy schools of India to the daily’s things like the lamp in Diwali festival. So what has made India the way it is now with the blooming yet mysterious beauty from the richness in its culture? Well‚ here is a saying from the former Minister of India – Sir JAWAHARLAL NEHRU – to show the idea of Indian
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