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
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
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
nightWarfare NERFINISHED
revenge
warAtrocity
titleLanguage English

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Sauptika Parva titleMeaning Book of the Sleeping