Heroes is Krishna, described as a royal personage descended from the gods –Īn eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu. The work attempted to be an encyclopedia about points of morality. Into kingdoms and when these petty kingdoms were fighting to create empire. To describe the period in which Aryan tribes in northern India were uniting Into eighteen books of verses interspersed with passages of prose. Mahabharata emerged three times its original size. Across centuries, priestly writers and editors withĭifferent attitudes in different centuries were to add to the work, and the The Mahabharata, meaning Great India, is said to have been writtenīy a Brahmin named Vyasa, between 400 and 100 BCE, but no one really knows. To make sacrifices for the sake of virtue against the evils of greed, lust and Men who speak the truth, who are stern, who persevere but are ready and willing Rama and his brothersĪre depicted as embodying the ideals of Aryan culture: men of loyaltyĪnd honor, faithful and dutiful sons, affectionate brothers and loving husbands, The Ramayana has as its main hero a prince called Rama, whose life the Ramayana describesįrom birth to death. In its seven books and 24,000 verses the Ramayana praises the heroismĪnd virtues of Aryan warrior-princes: the Kshatriyas. Were expanding their influence over Dravidians in southern India, the Aryans engaging in missionary endeavors supported by military power and a strategy of divideĪnd conquer. The story takes place centuries earlier, when Aryans It is said to have appeared between 400 and 200 BCE. It is believed to have been written by a Brahmin named Valmiki,Ī man whose style of poetry was new and a style to be copied thereafter. Ramayana translates as the Story of Rama. Theīetter known of these are poems called the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. These stories were written to create ideals for people to follow. Eventually, Hindus followed the impulse that had appeared among the Sumerians: they wrote poetic stories that focused on the power of the gods.
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