Talk:Indian epic poetry

message: These pages seem to serve the same purpose.  "XXX epic poetry" seems to be the norm for other cultures, so I would suggest that it be the target of the merge. John (Jwy) 06:06, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Very nice. — goethean ॐ 15:51, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge from Hindu Epics to Indian epic poetry 

message: Indian epic poetry is the epic poetry written on the Indian sub-continent.  Written in Sanskrit, Tamil and Hindi, it includes some of the oldest epic poetry ever created and some works form the basis of Hindu scripture.
Why are there never any articles or statements critical of the basic intellectual foundations or presuppositions of the individual articles or the encyclopedia itself. It seems that these type of comments are suppressed by the editors.  Am I wrong?
W. Liam Allan-Dalgleish W. Liam Allan-Dalgleish (talk) 21:28, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed Merged Article 

message: The ancient Sanskrit epics, the Ramayana and Mahabharata, occasionally termed "Mahakavya" ("Great Compositions"), refer to epic poems that form a canon of Hindu scripture. Indeed, the epic form prevailed and verse was and remained until very recently the preferred form of Hindu literary works. Hero-worship was and is a central aspect of Indian culture, and thus readily lent itself to a literary tradition that abounded in epic poetry and literature. The Puranas, a massive collection of verse-form histories of India's many Hindu gods and goddesses, followed in this tradition.
At least from the Puranas we know that the earliest versions were composed in Prakrits, not Sanskrit. Since the great epics were a non-Brahminic form of literture, why not assume the were renered in Prakrit as well`?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.139.102.168 (talk) 17:54, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sanskrit Epics 

message: I've removed the following from the article.  It would need to be cited and is probably inappropriate for the lead.  I will ask for help from the Hinduism project.
The labelling of Hindu sacred texts as "epics" is regarded as discriminatory and offensive by Hindus because the religious texts are sacred texts before being anything else, and should be referred to as such rather than using the technical classification "epic".
Thanks. (John User:Jwy talk) 14:47, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Good call! Abecedare (talk) 14:53, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Objection to use with hindu scripture 

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