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... Sanskrit literature , Sanskrit being the universal Indian language of culture . This influence was one of both substance and form : in substance it provided the basic themes of literary enter- prise , notably through the epics , the ...
... Sanskrit literature , Sanskrit being the universal Indian language of culture . This influence was one of both substance and form : in substance it provided the basic themes of literary enter- prise , notably through the epics , the ...
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... Sanskrit , articulate the teachings of the religious founders and their successors . Because they were transmitted orally for a considerable time before they were written down in the form they would retain , they underwent the ...
... Sanskrit , articulate the teachings of the religious founders and their successors . Because they were transmitted orally for a considerable time before they were written down in the form they would retain , they underwent the ...
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... Sanskrit Purāṇa narratives projected on the backdrop of Kerala , and his humorous renderings even of mythic characters . The 17th and 18th centuries also saw Tamil court po- etry — Purāņas , translations from the Sanskrit , and praise ...
... Sanskrit Purāṇa narratives projected on the backdrop of Kerala , and his humorous renderings even of mythic characters . The 17th and 18th centuries also saw Tamil court po- etry — Purāņas , translations from the Sanskrit , and praise ...
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