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 Buddhist Literature

 Tripitaka 

There are three tripitak - Vinay Pitaka, Sutta Pitaka and Abhidhamma Pitaka. Pitaka signifies 'bushel'. The first messages were composed on palm-leaves and kept in bins. Consequently these works were called Pitaka. Sutta Pitaka is the substance of Buddha's idioms, Vinay Pitaka clarifies the code and direct of Buddhist association. Abhidhamma Pitaka is separated into seven sections. Dighra Nikaya, Majjhim Nikaya, Samyukta Nikay, Anguttar Nikaya and Khuddaka (Kshudraka Nikaya) are the main divisions of sutta-pitaka. Sutta Pitaka manages the religions talks of Buddha. Deepvansha and Mahavansha present the annals of Sri Lanka managing the significant occasions identified with the different rulers and their organizations. Milindapanhs (for example inquiries of Milinda, the gando-greck rules) presents discoursed among Menander and Buddhist holy person Nagsen 


Sanskrit Texts 

Buddha charitya, Saundarananda, Sutralankar, Sariputra Prakaran and Vajra suchi are renowned books composed by Ashwaghosha. Pragyaparimita Karika are the wellsprings of the contemporary recorded materials. Visudhamagga, Atthakatha, Vasumitra's Mahavibhasha Shastra and Nagarijuna's Madhyamika Kuria are Sumangalvasini by Buddhaghosa supply us some significant recorded material with portions of strict messages.Jain Literature The writing of the Swetambaras is written in Ardhamagadhi Prakrit including 12 Angas, 12 Upangas, 10 Prakirnakas, 06 Chhedasutras, 04 Mulasutras and 02 Sutra Granthas. All the Jain granthas were accumulated in the Council of Vallabhi in A.D. 516 in which we can discover the piece of about Prasenjit, Ajatshatru, Vimbishar and so on Parishtaparvan and Bhadrabahucharit supply the depictions about Chandragupta Maurya. Parishistaparvan, Trishishta Shalaka, Purusham Choritra, Dwayashray Mahakavya, Mahaveer Charit, Kumarpal Charit are the significant strict books accommodating for the investigation of antiquated history. 


Jatak Kathas 

There are 549 or 547 stories depicting the pre-birth accounts of Buddha. These are the pieces of craftsmanship and writing and valuable for the recorded investigation of third century B.C. They present a financial states of Mauryan Period. 


Jain Literature

 The writing of the Swetambaras is written in Ardhamagadhi Prakrit including 12 Angas, 12 Upangas, 10 Prakirnakas, 06 Chhedasutras, 04 Mulasutras and 02 Sutra Granthas. All the Jain granthas were arranged in the Council of Vallabhi in A.D. 516 in which we can discover the piece of about Prasenjit, Ajatshatru, Vimbishar and so on Parishtaparvan and Bhadrabahucharit supply the depictions about Chandragupta Maurya. Parishistaparvan, Trishishta Shalaka, Purusham Choritra, Dwayashray Mahakavya, Mahaveer Charit, Kumarpal Charit are the significant strict books accommodating for the investigation of old history. 


Sangam Literature 

Sangam was a school or gathering of Tamil artists held under Royal support of Pandayan Kings in Madurai. It is said that the get together gone on for a very long time and was gone to by 8,598 writers and 197 pandyas. The account writings are called Melkannakku (comprising of 18 significant works and 10 idylls) show that the early Tamil individuals were peaceful. These are courageous verse giving thoughts of the state arrangement in which the military comprised of the gatherings of fighters, and the tax collection framework and judiciary.The pedantic writings cover the early hundreds of years of the Christian time. Padnekilkanakku is called Kilakanakku (18 minor works) portrays the set of principles and occupations of different gatherings of people. Kural or Muppal, a piece of Padnekilkanakku, was composed by Tiruvalluvar is known as 'The Bible of Tamil Land'. 


Sangam Epics: Silappadikaram, Manimekalai, Sivaga Sindamani, and so on Around the sixth century A.D. the two legends, for example Silappadikaram (the account of the Anklet) and Manimekalai were formed. The originally was composed by Ilango Adigal which manages the narrative of Kovalan and Madhavi of Kaveripattinam. Kovalan experiences passionate feelings for Madhavi and fails to remember his respectable married spouse Kannagi. This epic is called 'Illiad of Tamil verse'. The Manimekalai, composed by a grain trader named Sittalai Sattanar, manages the experiences of Manimekala, the little girl brought into the world of Kovalan and Madhavi. The creators of the two sagas were companions who were the peers of the Chera King Senguttuvan, who managed in the second century A.D. These sagas mirrors the social and financial existence of the Tamils upto about the sixth century A.D. The Manimekalai is unequivocally touched with Buddhism though the Sivaga Sindamani (Jivaka Chintamani), composed by Jain Tiruttakradevas, is touched with Jainism. Sivaga Sindamani shows the predominance of Sanskrit style over the native style of the past stories. Bharatam, a Tamil epic, was made out of Perudevanar. It additionally has extraordinary significance in Tamil writing.

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