Winternitz Maurice. A History of Indian Literature. Vol. I

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Introduction, Veda, national epics, Pura?as and Tantras. New Delhi : Oriental Books Reprint Corp. 1977. 634 pp.

History of Indian Literature is a classic work covering the entire gamut of Indian Secular and Religious literature including epic; lyric, dramatic and didactic poetry, as well as Narrative and Scientific prose. It includes not only the large number of works of religious literature-hymns, sacrificial songs, incantations, myths and legends; sermons, Theological treatises; polemical writings, manuals of instruction on ritual and religious discipline but also the lyrical and dramatic works; including the two great epics, the fairy-tales, fables, prose-narratives; the belles-lettres and works on various sciences. The inclusion of this vast material, covering almost three thousand years of literary activity, could not be compressed into a single volume. Hence this was divided into two volumes by the author.

Volume I includes, besides an introductory chapter, the Vedas, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, the Puranas and the Tantras.

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