Srimadbhagavadgita is a famous part of the Bhishmaparva of the Mahabharata. This Srimadbhagavadgita is the 25th to 42nd chapter of the Bhishmaparva composed by Maharshi Byasadeva. It has 26 chapters. The number of verses is approximately 650. In the battle of Kurukshetra, Lord Krishna was the charioteer of Arjuna, the great Pandava. On the eve … Read more
‘Hitapadesh story’. It is written by Pandit Narayan Sharma. The Bengali version of the Panatantra is the Hitapadesh. There are 5 parts in Pantantra and 4 parts in Hitapadesh. The divisions are – Mitralava, Suhudabheda, Vigraha and Sandhi. The stories of Panatantra are very similar to the first two parts. The story of Patantra is … Read more
Panchatantra is a story book. It was composed by Pandit Vishnu Sharma. This book is called Panchatantra because it is composed of five Tantras. The five Tantras are Mitrabheda, Mitraprapti, Kakokiya or Sandhi – Vigraha, Ladhapranash and untested. There is an antecedent to the composition of Panatantra. Immortal power was the king of the city … Read more
There are many types of poetry in Sanskrit literature, such as – epic poems, prose poems, historical poems, lyric poems, centenary poems, etc. Gitagovinda is a best lyric poem.The poem which can be sung with musical instruments like harp etc., the poem which arouses emotion in the heart of the reader when it is recited, … Read more
Mahabharata is the second national epic. Its author is Maharshi Krishna Dvaipayana Bedavasya. The Mahabharata war has 18 mountains and about 1 lakh verses. It is very difficult to determine the date of composition of this Mahabharata war. The chronology of the Mahabharata is not as easy as the chronology of the ancient texts of … Read more