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  2. Kavyadarsha - Wikipedia

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    The Kavyadarsha was in ancient times translated into Kannada, Sinhala, Pali, Tamil and Tibetan, and perhaps even influenced Chinese regulated verse.It was widely quoted by premodern scholars of Sanskrit, including Appayya Dīkṣita (1520–1592); it was included almost in its entirety in the poetic treatises by King Bhoja of Dhār (r. 1011–1055).

  3. Bhagavad Gita - Wikipedia

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    The Bhagavad Gita (/ ˈ b ʌ ɡ ə v ə d ˈ ɡ iː t ɑː /; [1] Sanskrit: भगवद्गीता, IPA: [ˌbʱɐɡɐʋɐd ˈɡiːtɑː], romanized: bhagavad-gītā, lit. 'God's song'), [a] often referred to as the Gita (IAST: gītā), is a Hindu scripture, dated to the second or first century BCE, [7] which forms part of the epic Mahabharata.

  4. Prashna Upanishad - Wikipedia

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    Sage Pippalada opens the answers to the three questions by listing five gross elements, five senses and five organs of action as expression of deities. [31] In verses 2.3 and 2.4, the Prashna Upanishad states that Prana (breath, spirit) is the most essential and powerful of all, because without it all other deities cannot survive in a creature ...

  5. South Asian riddles - Wikipedia

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    The answers to the first three questions, when combined in the manner of a charade, yield the answer to the fourth question. The first answer is bird ( vi ), the second dog ( çva ), the third sun ( mitra ), and the whole is Viçvamitra , Rama 's first teacher and counselor and a man noted for his outbursts of rage.

  6. Sanskrit literature - Wikipedia

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    Sanskrit literature is a broad term for all literature composed in Sanskrit.This includes texts composed in the earliest attested descendant of the Proto-Indo-Aryan language known as Vedic Sanskrit, texts in Classical Sanskrit as well as some mixed and non-standard forms of Sanskrit.

  7. Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - Wikipedia

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    The original Verse appears in Chapter 6 of the Maha Upanishad Vi.71-73., [5] [6] [7] and it is considered the most important moral value in the Indian society. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 1 ] This verse of Maha Upanishad is engraved in the entrance hall of the Parliament Of India .

  8. Shakuntala (play) - Wikipedia

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    In 1853 Monier Monier-Williams published the Sanskrit text of the play. [24] Two years later he published an English translation of the play, under the title: Śakoontalá or The Lost Ring . [ 9 ] A ballet version of Kālidāsa's play, Sacountalâ , on a libretto by Théophile Gautier and with music by Ernest Reyer , was first performed in ...

  9. Aṣṭādhyāyī - Wikipedia

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    The above names are composed of the first verbal root in each class followed by ādayaḥ "etc.; and next" – bhv-ādayaḥ thus means "the class starting with bhū". The small number of class 8 verbs are a secondary group derived from class 5 roots, and class 10 is a special case, in that any verb can form class 10 presents, then assuming ...