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Upaniṣad
उपनिषद्
Vedānta — the end of the Veda. The thirteen principal Upaniṣads, and more than a hundred minor.
The Bhagavad Gita with the Commentary of Sri Sankaracharya
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता — शांकरभाष्य
The original Sanskrit text of Adi Shankaracharya's Bhagavad Gita commentary (bhashya) with its English translation by Alladi Mahadeva Sastri (1897).
Shri Ramcharitmanas (Tulsi Ramayana)
श्रीरामचरितमानस (तुलसी रामायण)
Tulsidas's 16th-century retelling of the Rāma story in Awadhi — not a translation of Vālmīki's Sanskrit epic but the version most Hindi speakers …
Hanuman Chalisa
हनुमान चालीसा
Forty verses in praise of Hanumān, India's most widely recited hymn — an ode to the devotion, strength, and selfless service that made him Rāma's most …
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Śruti — The Vedic Corpus
श्रुति
Saṃhitā · Brāhmaṇa · Āraṇyaka · Upaniṣad
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IIItihāsa — The Epics
इतिहास — महाकाव्य
Mahābhārata · Rāmāyaṇa · Khila
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IIIPurāṇa
पुराण
Vaiṣṇava Purāṇa (Sāttvika) · Brahma Purāṇa (Rājasika) · Śaiva Purāṇa (Tāmasika) · Upapurāṇa · Sthala Purāṇa
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IVDarśana — Philosophical Systems
दर्शन
Nyāya · Vaiśeṣika · Sāṃkhya · Yoga · Pūrva Mīmāṃsā · Vedānta · Nāstika Darśana
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VDharmaśāstra, Nīti & Arthaśāstra
धर्मशास्त्र, नीति एवं अर्थशास्त्र
Dharmasūtra · Dharmaśāstra · Nīti & Subhāṣita · Arthaśāstra
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VIĀgama & Tantra
आगम एवं तंत्र
Vaiṣṇava Āgama · Śaiva Āgama · Śākta Tantra
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VIIŚāstra — Sciences & Arts
शास्त्र — विज्ञान एवं कला
Vedāṅga · Upaveda · Anya Śāstra
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VIIIBhakti — Devotional Literature
भक्ति साहित्य
Stotra & Stuti · Mantra & Japa · Bhakti Kāvya · Sampradāya Canon
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IXKāvya — Classical Literature
काव्य
Mahākāvya · Nāṭaka · Kathā · Gīti & Khaṇḍakāvya · Regional Kāvya
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XPurāvṛtta — History & Heritage
पुरावृत्त — इतिहास एवं विरासत
Rājavaṃśa · Vīra Caritra · Sampradāya Itihāsa · Deśa Vṛtta · Caritra · Anti-colonial Resistance
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