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Influence of Sanskrit Influence of the Ṛgveda on Sanskrit poetry The Upanisads Pāli , the language of textual literature The Jātakas Charac-. The earliest literature is of a sacred character and dates from c . 1400 BC in the form of the ...
Influence of Sanskrit Influence of the Ṛgveda on Sanskrit poetry The Upanisads Pāli , the language of textual literature The Jātakas Charac-. The earliest literature is of a sacred character and dates from c . 1400 BC in the form of 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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