A History of Indian Literature, Nide 1

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Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1996 - 602 sivua
The present English translation is based on the original German work written by Professor Winternitz and has been revised in the light of further researches on the subject by different scholars in India and elsewhere. Vol. I relates to Veda (the four Samhitas), Brahmanas, Aranyakas, Upanisads, Vedangas and the Literature of the ritual. The Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Puranic literature and Tantra. Vol. II deals with the Buddhist Literature of India and the Jaina Literature. Vol. III covers Classical Sanskrit Literature comprising ornate Poetry, Drama, Narrative Literature, Grammar, Lexiocography, Philosophy, Dharma-Sastra, Artha-Sastra, Architecture, Music, Kama-Sutra, Ayurveda, Astronomy, Astrology and Mathematics.
 

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INTRODUCTION 143
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in Europe
7
What is the Veda?
47
The Atharvaveda Samhita
109
Sacrifice in ancient India and the Vedic Samhitas
148
The Samhitas of the Yajurveda
157
The Brāhmaṇas
174
Āraṇyakas and Upanisads
209
THE FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINES OF THE UPANIȘADS
228
The beginnings of epic poetry in India
291
The main story of the Mahabharata
306
Ancient heropoetry in the Mahabharata
361
Brahminical mythpoetry and legendpoetry in
372
Fables Parables and moral stories in the Mahābhā
391
INDEX
581
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