• Indian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent, traditionally called Kavya (or Kāvya; Sanskrit: काव्य, IAST: kāvyá). The Ramayana...
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    the Odyssey combined. Famous examples of epic poetry include the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh, the ancient Indian Mahabharata and Rāmāyaṇa in Sanskrit and...
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    mythology; incomplete) Kumārasambhava by Kālidāsa (Indian epic poetry) Raghuvaṃśa by Kālidāsa (Indian epic poetry) Blemyomachia (Greek, only fragments survive)...
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  • its roots in ancient epics (poems such as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey). An epic is not limited to the traditional medium of oral poetry, but has expanded to...
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    poems, as well as "poetry itself, i.e., all those works that conform to artistic and literary norms." Indian poetry includes epic and lyrical elements...
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  • Indic text. Indian poetry and Indian literature in general, has a long history dating back to Vedic times. They were written in various Indian languages...
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    Mahakavya (redirect from Hindu epic)
    Mahākāvya (lit. great kāvya, court epic), also known as sargabandha, is a genre of Indian epic poetry in Classical Sanskrit. The genre is characterised...
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    Psalms); or from a need to retell oral epics, as with the Egyptian Story of Sinuhe, Indian epic poetry, and the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Ancient...
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  • Look up epic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Epic commonly refers to: Epic poetry, a long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds and events significant...
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  • Samman India portal Literature portal Indian epic poetry Indian Literature (journal) Indian poetry List of ancient Indian writers Literature from North East...
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