Book of the Sleeping
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Book of the Sleeping is the English rendering of the title of the Sauptika Parva, a section of the Indian epic Mahabharata that narrates the night-time massacre of sleeping warriors.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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sectionOfEpic ⓘ |
| associatedTradition | Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToTextualTradition | Itihasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralEvent | Ashwatthama’s attack on the Pandava camp ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
killingOfSleepingEnemies
ⓘ
violationOfWarriorCode ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancientIndia ⓘ |
| describesEvent | massacre of the Pandava camp at night ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Ashwatthama
NERFINISHED
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Kripa NERFINISHED ⓘ Kritavarma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
HinduEpic
ⓘ
epicLiterature ⓘ |
| isSectionOf | Sauptika Parva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginal | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | night-time massacre of sleeping warriors ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Sauptika Parva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInWork | bookOfMahabharata ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Shanti Parva
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stri Parva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | partOfHinduScripturalEpicTradition ⓘ |
| setting | after the Kurukshetra War ⓘ |
| sourceWorkAuthorTraditionallyAscribed | Vyasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
dharmaAndAdharma
NERFINISHED
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nightWarfare NERFINISHED ⓘ revenge ⓘ warAtrocity ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | English ⓘ |
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