Page-4 of GS-I: Indian Literature

Discuss the contribution of Baba Farid and Bulleshah in the development of Vernacular literature in India.

Baba Farid’s most important contributions to Punjabi literature was his development of the language for literary purposes. Whereas Sanskrit, Arabic, Turkish and Persian had historically been considered the languages of the learned and the elite, and used in monastic centres, ..

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Elaborate the works of Kalidasa in Sanskrit Drama and poetry.

Kalidasa is an immortal poet and playwright of India and a peerless genius whose works became famous worldwide in modern world. Translation of Kalidasa’s works in numerous Indian and Foreign Languages have spread his fame all of the word and ..

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Examine the contribution of Aryabhatta in the field of science and technology in medieval India.

Aryabhatta was the legendary mathematician of the Gupta Era. He wrote Aryabhattiya and later, Arya-Siddhanta. He worked on the approximation for pi to 3.1416. In trigonometry, he concluded for a triangle, the result of a perpendicular with the half-side is ..

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Elaborate the Charyapadas tradition and Mangal-Kāvya tradition in Indian vernacular literature.

Charyapada is considered to be the earliest extant work in the field of Bengali, Assamese, Odiya as well as the Maithili Language. It’s a collection of Buddhist mystical poems or songs belonging to 8th–12th century. These songs have the element ..

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Discuss the evolution of the Hindi Literature.

The history of Hindi poetry, extends over a period of almost one thousand years. Hindi verse literature as a whole can be divided into four yugas (kal) or stages- Adikal (the Early Period) Bhaktikal (the Devotional Period) Ritikal (the Scholastic ..

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Examine the various kinds of Sutras as a part of Kalpa tradition of ancient Indian literature.

Kalpa means Ritual Canon. It contains the sacrificial practice and systematic sutras. There are three kinds of Sutras which form part of Kalpa: Śrautasūtras, which are based on the Shruti, and teach the performance of the great sacrifices, requiring three ..

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