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Mahadevi Verma (26 March 1907 – 11 September 1987) was an Indian Hindi -language poet, essayist, sketch story writer and an eminent personality of Hindi literature. She is considered one of the four major pillars [a] of the Chhayawadi era in Hindi literature. [1] She has been also addressed as the Modern Meera. [2]
Hindi literature ( Hindi: हिन्दी साहित्य, romanized : hindī sāhitya) includes literature in the various Hindi languages which have different writing systems. Earliest forms of Hindi literature are attested in poetry of Apabhraṃśa like Awadhi, and Marwari languages. Hindi literature is composed in three broad ...
Modern Standard Hindi, ( आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī) [14] commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language used as the official language of India alongside English. It is written in Devanagari script and is the lingua franca of North India.
e. Brahmins worshipping River Ganges 1882. Brahmin ( / ˈbrɑːmɪn /; Sanskrit: ब्राह्मण, romanized : brāhmaṇa) is a varna as well as a caste within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra.
Synopsis. The journey in The Discovery of India begins from ancient history, leading up to the last years of the British Raj. Nehru uses his knowledge of the Upanishads, Vedas, and textbooks on ancient history to introduce to the reader the development of India from the Indus Valley civilization, through the changes in socio-political scenario ...
Hagiography. A hagiography ( / ˌhæɡiˈɒɡrəfi /; from Ancient Greek ἅγιος, hagios 'holy', and -γραφία, -graphia 'writing') [1] is a biography of a saint or an ecclesiastical leader, as well as, by extension, an adulatory and idealized biography of a preacher, priest, founder, saint, monk, nun or icon in any of the world's ...
t. e. Sanātana Dharma ( Devanagari: सनातन धर्म, meaning "eternal dharma ", or "eternal order") [1] is an alternative term used by some Hindus to refer to Hinduism instead of the mainstream term Hindu Dharm. The term is found in Sanskrit and other Indian languages. [2] [3] It is generally used to signify a more traditional ...
For example, god Indra (a Deva) and the antigod Virocana (an Asura) question a sage for insights into the knowledge of the self. Virocana leaves with the first given answer, believing now he can use the knowledge as a weapon. In contrast, Indra keeps pressing the sage, churning the ideas, and learning about means to inner happiness and power.