List of Hindu texts

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Hindu scriptures and texts
Vedas

Divisions

Upanishads
Rig vedic

Sama vedic

Yajur vedic

Atharva vedic

Other scriptures
Related Hindu texts
Vedangas
Puranas
Brahma puranas

Vaishnava puranas

Shaiva puranas

Shakta puranas

Itihasa
Sangam literature
Shastras and sutras
Timeline

Hinduism is an ancient religion, with denominations such as

Sruti are broadly considered as core scriptures of Hinduism, but beyond the Sruti, the list of scriptures vary by the scholar.[6]

Several lists include only the

Itihasas, Stotras, Subhashitas and others.[8][9]

Most of these texts exist in

Indic languages. In modern times, most have been translated into other Indian languages and some in Western languages.[12][13]
This list includes major Hindu texts, along with the Hindu scriptures.

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C

  • Classics of Indian Mathematics: Algebra, with Arithmetic and Mensuration, from the Sanskrit of Brahmagupta and Bhāskara.
  • Chanakyaniti: collection of aphorisms, said to be selected by Chanakya from the various shastras
  • Chatuh Shloki: A Sanskrit hymn by Yamunacharya in praise of Lakshmi.

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  • Malla Purana: An ancient text on Malla-yuddha, an ancient form of Indian combat wrestling, which describes techniques of wrestling, types of exercises etc.
  • Kālidāsa
    .
  • Mahatmyam: Hindu religious text, part of the Markandeya Purana

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R
  • Kālidāsa
  • Ramcharitmanas (रामचरितमानस): An Awadhi rendering of Ramayana by 16th century saint and poet Tulsidas.

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  • Tantras (तंत्र): The esoteric Hindu traditions of rituals and yoga. Tantra can be summarised as a family of voluntary rituals modeled on those of the Vedas, together with their attendant texts and lineages.
  • Tirumurai
     – an important Tamil twelve volumes compendium that consists of Shaivite hymns.
  • Manikkavacakar
    .
  • Tirukovai – a Tamil Shaivite scripture sung by Manikkavacakar.
  • Tevaram – An important Tamil Shaivite scripture and devotional poetry.
  • Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam – a Tamil Shaivite scripture written by Paranjothi that describes the 64 divine plays of Shiva in Madurai as the spouse of the goddess Meenakshi.
  • Tirukkural – an important Tamil scripture in Tamil Nadu written by Tamil poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar
    .
  • Tirumantiram – an important Tamil Shaivite work of religious poetry written by the siddhar-saint Tirumular.
  • Thiruvarutpa – a Tamil Shaivite scripture written by the siddha-saint Ramalinga Swamigal
    .
  • Tiruppugal – an important Tamil Shaivite scripture written by the siddhar-saint Arunagirinathar
    .

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See also

References

  1. ^ Flood 1996, pp. 113, 154.
  2. ^ Michaels 2004, pp. 21–23.
  3. ISBN 978-8120832329
    , pages 38-39
  4. ISBN 978-1-136-85306-7
    .
  5. ISBN 9780857930736
    .
  6. ^
    ISBN 978-0520207783
    , page ix-xi, xx-xxi
  7. ISBN 978-0679410782
    , pages 1-11 and Preface
  8. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5
  9. ISBN 978-81-208-0264-3
    .
  10. ^ "Indian languages and the classical status".
  11. ^ "Why is Sanskrit so controversial?". BBC News. 12 August 2014.
  12. ISBN 0-87395-831-4
  13. ISBN 0-911206-15-9
  14. ^ "Arya-Sidhantha". Sankalp India FOundation.
  15. ^ Swarupananda, Swami (1909). "Foreword". Bhagavad Gita. Advaita Ashrama. pp. i–ii.
  16. ISBN 978-0195352429
    , page 3; Quote: "Even though theoretically the whole of vedic corpus is accepted as revealed truth [shruti], in reality it is the Upanishads that have continued to influence the life and thought of the various religious traditions that we have come to call Hindu. Upanishads are the scriptures par excellence of Hinduism".
  17. ISBN 978-0226618470
    , pages 2-3; Quote: "The Upanishads supply the basis of later Hindu philosophy; they alone of the Vedic corpus are widely known and quoted by most well-educated Hindus, and their central ideas have also become a part of the spiritual arsenal of rank-and-file Hindus."
  18. ^ Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Vol III. 118–120; Vol. I. 6–7.

Bibliography

  • Flood, Gavin D. (1996), An Introduction to Hinduism, Cambridge University Press
  • Michaels, Axel (2004), Hinduism. Past and present, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press
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