The Ancient Indian Literature consists of the four Vedas and the Upanishads. The four Vedas provides information regarding the development of early and the later Aryan civilization. The four Vedas are Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda. It took a very long time to compose the four … [Read more...]
Sanskrit Literature in Assam
Sanskrit Literature Several passages in our inscriptions indicate that the Kamarupa kings took a personal interest in Sanskrit literature. In the Gauhati Grant of Indrapala, his father, Purandarpala, is described as su-kavi. King Dharmapala was also poet of considerable merit. It is said in the … [Read more...]
Short Note on Assamese Language and Literature
Assamese Literature Assamese is a branch of the New Indo-Aryan speech and it was developed into a distinct language out of the Eastern Magadhi Prakrta. In point of antiquity, Assamese had the honor of being noticed by Hieun Tsiang when he visited Kamarupa in the 7th Century A.D. He perhaps … [Read more...]
Great Works in Sanskrit Language
Great works in Sanskrit was written on astronomy, philosophy, drama and medicine. Ramanuja wrote Brahmasutras, Parthasarathi Mishra wrote Dipak Shastra and Deva Suri wrote Jain texts in Sanskrit. Jayadeva wrote Gita Govinda also in Sanskrit, depicting the love affair of Radha and … [Read more...]
Pallava Literature
Pallava Literature The Pallava kings were patrons of Sanskrit language and literature. Kanchi, the capital of the Pallavas, was a centre of Sanskrit studies. Poet Bharavi, the author of Kiratarjuniyam, was the court poet of Pallava King Singhabahu or Singhavishnu. Sanskrit scholar Dandin was the … [Read more...]
Essay on Importance of Ramayana and the Mahabharata
Importance of Ramayana and Mahabharata India is a land of spiritualism. The monks and the sages declared long long ago before the people of this country that real happiness of life consists in renunciation, love and fellow feelings. These two great books – the Ramayana and the Mahabharata have … [Read more...]
Ramcharitmanas by Tulsidas
Ramcharitmanas is an epic poem written by Tulsidas during the Mughal Period in India. Tulsidas, also known as Goswami Tulsidas, was a great poet. He was a worshipper of Ram. The Ramcharitmanas is one of the most popular books in this country. Its story: The Ramcharitmanas is a religious book of … [Read more...]
Literary Activities of Viswanatha Satyanarayana (Telugu Poet)
Viswanatha Satyanarayana popularly known as Viswanatha is undoubtedly the greatest Telugu writer of the 20th century. No wonder he is hailed as `Kavisamrat' or the emperor among the poets. Viswanatha was born on 10th day of September, 1895. Viswanatha was a prolific writer in both prose and … [Read more...]
Summary of Our Casuarina Tree
Introduction Our Casuarina Tree by the women Poetess Toru Dutt, a romantic lyric, has an intimately personal association. The tree belonged to the big garden house at Rambagan where the poetess passed her girlhood and youth. She used to play, with her young mates, under the boughs of that vast tree … [Read more...]
Summary of Enterprise by Nissim Ezekiel
Introduction The poem "Enterpirse" by Nissim Ezekiel, a modern neo-symbolist poet in Anglo-Indian poetry, treats a quite interesting enterprise, often hindered or hampered, to reach ultimately to no satisfactory goal. Investing the said "enterprise" with a symbolic suggestiveness, the poet sharply … [Read more...]