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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Bodhayat (बोधयत्)  refers to “enlightening (someone)” (with an anecdote), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.25 (“The seven celestial sages test Pārvatī”).—Accordingly, as the seven Sages said (with false words) to Pārvatī: “[...] Now listen to a true anecdote that sheds light thereon, with keen intellect. We are enlightening you [i.e., bodhayat] out of love and affection, take it to heart. Dakṣa, the son of Brahmā, at the bidding of his father, begot ten thousand sons of his wife. He dearly loved them and employed them in performing a great penance. [...]

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bodhayat (बोधयत्).—mfn. (-yan-yantī-yat) 1. Informing, apprising. 2. Teaching. 3. Arousing, waking. E. budh to know, causal v., śatṛ aff.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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