A History of Indian Literature, Volume 1The 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. |
Contents
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The Atharvaveda Samhitā | 109 |
Sacrifice in ancient India and the Vedic Samhitās | 148 |
The Samhitas of the Yajurveda | 157 |
The Brahmaņas | 174 |
Aranyakas and Upaniṣads | 209 |
Ancient heropoetry in the Mahabharata | 360 |
Brahminical mythpoetry and legendpoetry in | 372 |
Fables Parables and moral stories in the Mahābhā | 391 |
Contents of the Ramayana | 458 |
The genuine and the spurious in the Ramayana | 475 |
The Puranas in Indian Literature | 495 |
Survey of the Puranaliterature | 507 |
The Tantra Literature Samhitās Āgamas Tantras | 559 |
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