sanskrit literature
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1. Hindu literature written in Sanskrit (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | literature, |
| definition | : | creative writing of recognized artistic value (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | hastinapura, |
| definition | : | one of two classical Hindu epics; a great collection of poetry worked into and around a central heroic narrative (eight times as large as the Iliad and Odyssey combined) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | purana, |
| definition | : | a body of 18 works written between the first and 11th centuries and incorporating legends and speculative histories of the universe and myths and customary observances (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | tantra, |
| definition | : | any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | sutra, |
| definition | : | a rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | ramayana, |
| definition | : | one of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and the abduction of his wife by a demon and Rama's restoration to the throne (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | kamasutra, |
| definition | : | (Hinduism) an ancient Sanskrit text giving rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure and love and marriage in accordance with Hindu law (noun.communication) |
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