Afro-Asian Lit : INDIAN LITERATURE

• India is considered as the most populous country in the world with over 1.4 billion people
• India have 22 laguages
• India is the origin of what religion?

  Buddhism
• What is the most practice religion in India?

  Hinduism
• Brahma

  the creator
• Vishnu

  the preserver
• Shiva

  the destroyer
• Kali represents death
• Durga represents power
• Parvati represents love
• Rig Veda (1500 - 1200 BCE)
• Based on Piety, a deeply religious spirit
• Reincarnation - Rebirth
• Karma - Consequences
• Moksha - Enlightenment
• He is the author of parable of returning love for hatred

  Sidharta Gautama
• What is the parable of returning love for hatred is all about?

  a young prince who lost his parents due to a tragic robbery in their kingdom
• give the alias of sidharta gautama

  buddha and gautama buddha
• He was born in 536 bce or 480 bce in lumbini (nepal)
• Sidharta Gautama is known for?

  founding buddhism
• Gitanjali means song offerings
• He died on 483 bce or 400 bce in kushinagar at the age of 80
• Who are the parents of Sidharta Gautama?

  His father Suddhodana and her mother Maya
• Who is the author of Gitanjali?

  Rabindranath Tagore
• Gintajali was originally published in Bengali in 1910. It consist of 103 poems
• Tagore received the Nobel Price for Literature in 1913
• It is a collection of inter-woven series of tales in prose, poetr, and mostly animal fable

  Panchatanra
• Compiled in Sanskrit (Hindu) and Pali (Buddhist)
• The compilation is attributed to Pandit Vishnu Sharma
• Based on its narrative, Panchatantra aims to illustrate the primary buddhist principle called Niti — wise conduct of life
• Panch means five and Tantra means principles
• Mitra-bedha means losing friends
• Mitra-samprapti means gaining friends
• Kakolukiyam means war and peace
• Labdhopranasam means loss of gains
• Aparikshitakarakam mean imprudence