Sanskrit literature

Other forms: Sanskrit literatures

Definitions of Sanskrit literature

1. noun

   Hindu literature written in Sanskrit
   examples:

   Ramayana

   one of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and the abduction of his wife by a demon and Rama's restoration to the throne

   Kamasutra

   (Hinduism) an ancient Sanskrit text giving rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure and love and marriage in accordance with Hindu law

   types:

   Hastinapura

   one of two classical Hindu epics; a great collection of poetry worked into and around a central heroic narrative (eight times as large as the Iliad and Odyssey combined)

   Purana

   a body of 18 works written between the first and 11th centuries and incorporating legends and speculative histories of the universe and myths and customary observances

   tantra

   any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind

   sutra

   a rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization

   type of:

   literature

   creative writing of recognized artistic value