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Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Sanskrit literature is like the ocean, which is both vast and deep. Its poets, writers and dramatists have drawn their inspiration from the cosmos on one hand and from the contemporary environs of their own times on the other. In turning from the Vedic to the Sanskrit period, we are confronted with a literature which is essentially different from that of the earlier age in matter, spirit and form. Sanskrit literature contrasts with that of both the earlier and the later Vedic period. While prose was employed in the Yajurveda and Brāhmaṇas which almost disappears in Sanskrit, nearly every branch of literature being treated in verse, often much to the detriment of the subject, as in the case of law.
Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
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Search found 250 books and stories containing Sanskrit literature, Sanskrit literatures; (plurals include: Sanskrit literatures, Sanskrit literatureses). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Minerals and Metals in Sanskrit literature (by Sulekha Biswas)
Introduction to Minerals and Metals in Sanskrit literatures
1. Introduction to Ratna-shastra (gemmology) literature < [Chapter 7 - A millennium of Ratnashastra (gemmology) literature in India]
Kuntaka’s evaluation of Sanskrit literature (by Nikitha. M)
A Common Heritage < [January – March, 1985]
Reviews < [April 1954]
The Native Idiom in Marathi < [October 1937]
Discovery of Sanskrit Treasures (seven volumes) (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
1.4. Sanskrit Content and Studies in Thailand < [Volume 6 - South East Asian studies]
2. Karuna Rasa in Sanskrit Literature < [Volume 3 - Classical Sanskrit Literature]
Preface < [Volume 1 - Grammer and Linguistics]
Vrikshayurveda (and environmental philosophy) (by Beenapani Mishra)
1. An Introduction to Aesthetical Values < [Chapter 6 - Aesthetic Value behind the arrangement of Trees and Gardens]
1. Texts on Vrikshayurveda: An Introduction < [Chapter 3 - Texts on Vrikshayurveda]
5. Introduction to the Study < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 2 - Rājaśekhara’s descriptions on Origin of Poetry < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Part 16 - The Lost Works of Rājaśekhara (Introduction) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Part 7.5 - Poetic conventions regarding to the Trees and Plants < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
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