Itihasa

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Hindu sacred literature category Sanskrit literary genre ancient Indian narrative tradition

Itihasa is a traditional Sanskrit term for ancient Indian epic narratives that blend history, mythology, and moral teachings, exemplified by works like the Mahabharata and Ramayana.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Itihasas 2
Itihasa (Hindu epic history) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu sacred literature category ⓘ
Sanskrit literary genre ⓘ
ancient Indian narrative tradition ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ
blends ethical teachings ⓘ
history ⓘ
legend ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
philosophical discourse ⓘ
contains accounts of great wars ⓘ
dharma teachings ⓘ
didactic dialogues ⓘ
genealogies of kings and sages ⓘ
social and political norms ⓘ
stories of gods and heroes ⓘ
contrastedWith Purana ⓘ
Smriti in general ⓘ
culturalRole shaping Hindu ethical and social ideals ⓘ
source of pan-Indian cultural motifs ⓘ
describedAs traditional term for epic narratives that blend history and myth ⓘ
etymology from Sanskrit ‘iti-ha-āsa’ meaning ‘thus indeed it was’ ⓘ
hasComponent Harivamsa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ramayana NERFINISHED ⓘ
various regional epics ⓘ
influenced South and Southeast Asian narrative traditions ⓘ
classical Indian literature ⓘ
label Itihāsa ⓘ
languageOfTerm Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterForm written manuscripts ⓘ
narrativeForm epic ⓘ
prose and verse mixture ⓘ
partOf Hindu scriptural classification ⓘ
primaryFunction cultural memory ⓘ
moral instruction ⓘ
preservation of dynastic histories ⓘ
religious teaching ⓘ
relatedConcept Kavya ⓘ
Purana ⓘ
Shruti NERFINISHED ⓘ
Smriti NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedIn Indology ⓘ
comparative literature ⓘ
religious studies ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed ancient India ⓘ
transmission originally oral tradition ⓘ
usedIn Vedic and post-Vedic literary classification ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sabha Parva → genre → Itihasa ⓘ
Ashvamedhika Parva → belongsToGenre → Itihasa ⓘ
Dashavatara → scripturalContext → Itihasa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itihasas
Vibhishana → associatedEpic → Itihasa ⓘ
Indraprastha → genreContext → Itihasa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itihasa (Hindu epic history)
Ayodhya Kanda → literaryGenre → Itihasa ⓘ
Hindu scriptures → hasPart → Itihasa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Itihasas