We've emphasized all week on the importance and value of learning our amazingly rich and beautiful Indian languages. Today, we'll speak about some of the best and most important literary contributions by India, and which language they were written in. Although there are so many millions of books and written works, there are a few which have been monumental to our country and the people. These books are:
1) The Vedas
The Vedas are a sacred collection of texts, originating in Ancient India. The language of the Vedas is the oldest form of Sanskrit, and these Vedas contain the oldest Hindu scriptures. The Vedic texts are organized as :
a) The Rigveda
b) The Yajurveda
c) The Samaveda
d) The Atharvaveda
They say that The Vedas are not written by Human Beings, but by a divine origin, and that is why these texts are so special and amazingly accurate in this modern day and age as well.
2) Ramayana
One of the Sanskrit epics, The Ramayana forms a really important part of the Hindu religion. The Ramayana has ideal characters, like the ideal father, ideal brother, ideal servant etc, and revolves around Ram, whose wife Sita gets kidnapped by Ravana. This is an epic tale and a definite must-read for anyone who hasn't read it yet. Reading it in the original would be best, but also would be really time consuming and difficult, not to worry though, there are tons of translations available and you will definitely get it in the language of your choice.
3) Mahabharata
This is another Sanskrit epic, and is one of the most influential books in the world. The values and philosophies are used in board-rooms even today, and they teach us so many different and unique values and lessons for life. It depicts the Kurukshetra War and the fates of the Kauravas and Pandavas in a spectacular manner. and this book is also a must read and available in all translations.
These three books are India's pride and glory when it comes to literature and we really hope you take the effort to at least read the translations, as there are a lot of lessons to learn from there stories.
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