Lesson 1.3 (Indian) Flashcards
This refers to the body of literature that is written and produced in India.
Indian literature
An oral tradition produced the Vedic holy text.
Sanskrit literature
A two great books considered as the longest epic in the world, and sources for countless literary
Mahabharata and Ramayana
Produced his Sanskrit grammar
400 BC Panini
Prakrits being used in literature
Second century AD
It is used in a religious context by a priest.
Middle Ages Sanskrit
It is a form of lyrical folk song and notable exponents of the form
Ghazal
It is established English-language schooling for Indians.
Macaulay
Who introduced black verse in sonnets into Indian poetry?
Michael Madhusudan Dutt and Jayashankar Prasad
He developed a utilitarian prose style
Arunachala Kavi
Who wrote the first plays modeled on Western Drama?
Madhusudan Dutt
He introduced the short story to vernacular writing in India and he is the first novel laureate.
Rabindranath Tagore
Who were the major poets of the Indian period?
Laksminath Bezbarua and Muhammad Iqbal
The history of Indian Literature falls into two periods, what are those?
Vedic period and Sanskrit period
What are the secular works in Indian literature?
epics and dramas
What are some of the notable dramas in Indian literature?
The toy clay cart
Sakuntala or the fatal ring
Jatakas
Panchatantra
Hitopdesa
Sukasaptati
What are the sacred writings in Indian literature?
The Vedas Collection of Sanskrit hymns; and
The Upanishads
What are some of the notable epics in Indian literature?
Mahabharata
Bhagavad gita
Nala and Damayanti
Ramayana
This writing means the inner or mystic teaching that was passed down from guru (teacher) to disciple (student).
The Upanishads
He is a notable Indian writer considered to be the ‘Hindu Shakespeare.’
Kalidasa
During 1500 BCE, it introduced the birth of Indian literary works written in Sanskrit.
Veda
The hallmark writing such as __, __, and __ are the roots of Indian literature.
Veda
The Brahmanas; and
The Upanishads
This is one of the great epic poems of ancient India written in Sanskrit attributed to the great sage Veda Vyasa.
Mahabharata
What is the great sage that is also known as ‘Krsna Dvaipayana.’
Veda Vyasa
This work is contained in the Mahabharata about a dialogue between Krishna and the hero Arjuna on the meaning of life.
Bhagavad Gita (song of God)
This is an ancient Sanskrit epic attributed to the poet Valmiki and is an important part of the Hindu canon.
Ramayana
How many verses in seven cantos (karnas) does the Ramayana have?
24,000 verses
This epic story is about the battle of one family over a kingdom in northern India.
Mahabharata
This tells the story of a prince, Rama of Ayodhya, whose wife Sita is abducted by the demon (Rakshasa) king of Lanka, Ravana.
Ramayana
How many words does the Mahabharata have?
1.8 million
It is one of the most important literary works in ancient India that has an impact on art and culture in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
Ramayana
Who are some of the notable authors in Indian literature?
Rabindranath Tagore
Dhanpat Rai Srivastava
Raja Rao
Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan (R. K. Narayan)
He is a Bengali poet referred as the ‘Bard of Bengal’.
Rabindranath Tagore
What is Tagore’s work that gave him a 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature?
The English Gitanjali (Song Offerings)
It is a collection of devotional songs to the supreme.
The English Gitanjali (Song Offerings)
He is a towering figure of world literature and the most famous modern Indian poet.
Rabindranath Tagore
He is known by his pseudonym ‘Prem Chand’, and is a famous writer of modern Hindustani literature.
Dhanpat Rai Srivastava
He pioneered in adapting Indian themes to Western literary styles.
Dhanpat Rai Srivastava
What is Prem Chand’s work that is the most popular Hindi novel and considered as one of the greatest Hindi Novels of modern Indian literature?
Godaan (Cow Donation)
He is an Indian novels and short stories writer in the English language
Raja Rao
What is Rao’s famous novel that won him a Sahitya Akademi Award? It is a semi-autobiographical account of the narrator.
The Serpent and the Rope
He is an Indian writer who won the Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
Raja Rao
He is one of the finest Indian authors in the English language
Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan (R. K. Narayan)
What does Narayan wrote that won Sahitya Award-winning novel which was adapted for film and Broadway.
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