Puranas | Divided into sarga, pratisarga, manvantantar, vamsa (genealogical list of kings) & |
vamsanucharita. 18 main puranas & 18 subsidiary puranas. | |
Vedas | Meaning “knowledge”. Rigveda (hymns), Yajurveda (sacrificial formulae), Atharvaveda |
(magical charms & spell), Samveda. Vedas are called aparusheya (not created by man) & | |
nity | |
Upanishads | About 200 in number. Deal with philosophy. Oldest & most important are Chhandogya & |
Brihadranyaka. Other important are Kathak, Isa, Mundaka, Prasna etc. Do not believe in | |
sacrificial ceremonies. | |
Brahmanas | Talks about vedic hymns, their application, stories of their origin. Each Brahmana is |
associated with one of the four VedasAitareya brahmana is associated with Rig Veda & | |
Satapatha Brahmana with Yajur veda. | |
Aranyakas | Meaning ‘the forest books’. They discuss philosophical meditation & sacrifice. |
Vedangas | Evolved for proper understanding of the Vedas. Six in all: Siksha (phonetics), Kalpa |
(rituals), Vyakarna, Nirukta (Etymology) Chhanda (metrics) & Jyotisha. | |
Vedanta | Advaita Vedanta of Adi Sankara. |
Ancient Books & Authors
1. | Mudrakshasha (Chandragupta Maurya defeating the Nandas); | Vishakhadatta |
Devichandraguptam | ||
2. | Malavikagnimitram (Pushyamitra Sunga) | Kalidas |
3. | Gudavaho (Yasovarman of Kannauj) | Vakpati |
4. | Vikramanakadevacharita (Chalukya king Vikramaditya) | Bilhana |
5. | Kumarapalacharita | Jayasimha |
6. | Hammirakavya | Nyayachandra |
7. | Dvayashraya Mahakavya; Sapta Sadhana | Hemchandra |
8. | Navashasankacharita | Padmagupta |
9. | Bhojaprabandha | Billal |
10. | Prithvirajcharita | Chandrabardai |
11. | Meghaduta; Raghuvamsa; Kumarasambhava; Vikramorvasiyam | Kalidas |
Abhijnanashakuntalam (Drama); | ||
12. | Mrichakatika | Sudraka |
13. | Uttarama-Charita; Malati Madhava | Bhavbhuti |
14. | Amarakosha | Amarasimha |
15. | Si-yu-Ki | Hiuen Tsang |
16. | Brahmasiddhanta; Khandakhadya | Brahmagupta |
17. | Dasakumaracharita | Dandin |
18. | Astanga-Sangraha; Astanga-Hirdaya-Samhita | Vagabhatta |
19. | Panchsiddhantika; Suryasiddhanta; Brihatsamhita | Varahamihira |
20. | Karpuramanjari; Bala Ramayana; Bala Bharata; Kavyamimamsa; | Rajshekhara |
Bhuvana Kosha; Haravilasa | ||
21. | Adinathacharita (Jaina Narrative) | Vardhamana |
22. | Shantinathacharita (Jaina Narrative) | Devachandra |
23. | Parsvanathacharita (Jaina Narrative) | Devabhadra |
24. | Prithviraja Vijay | Jayanka |
25. | Karnasundari | Bilhana |
26. | Saraswati Kanthabharana | Bhoja |
27. | Dasharupa | Dhananjaya |
28. | Harikeli Nataka | Visaladeva |
29. | Prasannaraghava | Jayadeva |
30. | Siddhanta Shiromani [4 parts – Lilavati, Bijaganita, Grahaganita & | Bhaskaracharya |
Gola (on Astronomy)] | ||
31. | Rajmariganka (On Astronomy) | King Bhoja |
32. | Chikitsakalika or Yogamala | Tisata-Vagbhatta’s Son |
33. | Mitakasara | Vijnanaeshvara |
34. | Nitishastra (On Polity) | Mathara |
35. | Nitisara (On Polity) | Kamandaka |
36. | Sushruta Samhita (encyclopedia on surgery) | Sushruta |
37. | Charaka Samhita (Teachings of Atreya) | Charaka |
38. | Buddhacharita, Vajrasuchi, Suandarananda | Asvaghosha |
39. | Mahabhasya | Patanjali |
40. | Harshacharita, Kadambari | Banabhatta |
41. | Ravan Vadha | Bhattin |
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