The Cultural Heritage of India: Languages and literatures

adhyāyas Āgamas ancient Apabhraṁśa Aryan Atharva-Veda Bāņa belonging Bengal Bhāgavata bhakti bhāṣya Bhaṭṭa Brahmā Brahman Brāhmaṇa Bṛhaspati Buddha Buddhist called canon century A.D. chapters character commentary composed contains cult deals deity described dharma Dharma-śāstras Dharma-Sūtra doctrine drama earliest eleventh century epic Gaṇeśa grammar Gṛhya-Sūtra Hindu hymns Ibid important India inscriptions Jaina Jātaka Kālidāsa kāṇḍas kāvya king known language large number later legends literary Mahābhārata Mahābhāṣya mahākāvya Mahāvīra Manu mentioned metres metrical Miśra Nārāyaṇa original Pali Pañcatantra Patañjali philosophy poem poet poetic poetry popular Prakrit Purāṇa Purāņas Rāma Rāmānuja Rāmāyaṇa refers religion religious Ṛg-Veda ritual sacrifice Śaiva Śākhā Sama-Veda Samhita Sankara Sanskrit literature Sanskrit prose scholars sections Sītā Śiva Skanda Smṛti Śruti story stotras style Sūtra suttas Taittiriya tāla Tamil Tantra tenth century texts tion topics tradition treatise twelfth century Upanisad Vaiṣṇava various Vedas Vedic verses Vide Viṣņu vṛtti worship written wrote Yajur-Veda