Itihasa

C6244
concept

Itihasa is a conceptual class representing ancient Indian historical-epic narratives that blend myth, legend, cultural memory, and moral instruction, exemplified by works like the Mahabharata and Ramayana.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
book of the Mahabharata 17
parva of the Mahabharata 12
Itihasa canonical 2

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Itihasa
Generated description
Itihasa is a conceptual class representing ancient Indian historical-epic narratives that blend myth, legend, cultural memory, and moral instruction, exemplified by works like the Mahabharata and Ramayana.

Instances (29)

Instance Via concept surface
Kurukshetra War Hindu epic narrative
Udyoga Parva book of the Mahabharata
Shanti Parva parva of the Mahabharata
Mahaprasthanika Parva book of the Mahabharata
Nala and Damayanti story from the Mahabharata
Savitrī and Satyavan story from the Mahabharata
Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata
surface form: Bhishma Parva
parva of the Mahabharata
Adi Parva book of the Mahabharata
Ashvamedhika Parva parva of the Mahabharata
Ashramavasika Parva book of the Mahabharata
Sabha Parva book of the Mahabharata
Virata Parva book of the Mahabharata
Drona Parva book of the Mahabharata
Karna Parva book of the Mahabharata
Shalya Parva book of the Mahabharata
Sauptika Parva book of the Mahabharata
Harivamsa Itihasa-related text
Stri Parva book of the Mahabharata
Anushasana Parva book of the Mahabharata
Mausala Parva book of the Mahabharata
Svargarohana Parva book of the Mahabharata
Mahabharata
Ramayana
Book of Effort book of the Mahabharata
Rājadharma Parva parva of the Mahabharata
Vana Parva book of the Mahabharata
Bhishmaparvan book of the Mahabharata
Aishika Parva parva of the Mahabharata
Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata
surface form: Udyoga Parva
parva of the Mahabharata