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Hindi literature (Hindi: हिंदी साहित्य, romanized: hindī sāhitya) includes literature in the various Central Indo-Aryan languages, also known as Hindi, some of which have different writing systems. Earliest forms of Hindi literature are attested in poetry of Apabhraṃśa such as Awadhi and Marwari.
Many animals are domesticated in India, and seeing them in the streets of villages and even cities is common. Bovines include the zebu , which descended from the extinct Indian aurochs , the domestic water buffalo , the gayal , which is a domesticated gaur, and in the northern regions domestic yak , which descended from the also native wild yak .
Similar animal fables are found in most cultures of the world, although some folklorists view India as the prime source. [55] [56] The Panchatantra has been a source of the world's fable literature. [57] The French fabulist Jean de La Fontaine acknowledged his indebtedness to the work in the introduction to his Second Fables:
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Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi; Award for contributions to Hindi literature: Awarded for: Literary award in India: Sponsored by: Sahitya Akademi, Government of India: Reward(s) ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200) First award: 1955: Final award: 2024: Highlights; First winner: Makhanlal Chaturvedi: Most Recent winner: Gagan Gill: Total awarded: 69: Website ...
Hindi literature started as religious and philosophical poetry in medieval periods in dialects like Avadhi and Brij. The most famous figures from this period are Kabir and Tulsidas . In modern times, the Dehlavi dialect of the Hindi Belt became more prominent than Sanskrit .
Parambassis dayi (endemic), Day's glass fish, Day's glassy perchlet; Parambassis lala (native), highfin glassy perchlet; Parambassis ranga (native), Indian glassy fish; Parambassis thomassi (endemic), Western Ghats glassy perchlet; Pseudambassis baculis (native), Himalayan glassy perchlet