Concept
Indian epic poetry
Overview
Indian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent, traditionally called Kavya (IAST: Kāvyá). The Ramayana and the Mahabharata, which were originally composed in Sanskrit and later translated into many other Indian languages, and the Five Great Epics of Tamil literature and Sangam literature are some of the oldest surviving epic poems ever written.
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Philosophers who discussed Indian epic poetry
Related ideas
- Tirthankara
- Hinduism
- Hindi
- Jainism
- Sahitya Akademi
- Mahabharata
- Indian subcontinent
- Bhagavad Gita
- Mahavira
- Sanskrit
- Tamil language
- Vyasa
- University of Michigan
- Puranas
- Buddhism
- Lingayats
- Kannada
- Telugu language
- Jain monasticism
- Ramayana
- Motilal Banarsidass
- New Delhi
- Taylor & Francis
- Aśvaghoṣa
Place in the tradition
Part of Charvaka.