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already become the vernaculars. If the first redaction of the ; y epic poems had not been considerably earlier, we could not
jl i j : I have expected the language to be unalloyed by the influence
| | ijjj of the vernacular tongues.
1 1 ; ,j \
j , ' i! j 4- Dion Chrysostomos, a Greek writer of the first century
,, i | ::/ j records the existence in his time of Indian epic poetry, indi-'
i. j : ::; j eating their resemblance to the Homeric poems and their
j ! , i ||! currency in India long before the fourth century B. C.
; I j '; , •'.•' [
\ 1 Mi'! . Epic poetry, then, which forms the starting point of the
i' ; |j j classical Sanskrit literature, falls into two classes, the •&***,-
I ; :|M puranas and the Ravyas. ^nasa
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•1 I Hill The Mahabharata represents the Itihasa group It
: I f |4j weaves into it epic and didactic matter, divided into i*
i| r books called parvam, with the Harivamsa as a supplement
j | i||j The extant recension may be regarded under a three-fold i
I j ;ji aspect-as a work relating events of an historic character as a t
,| i |. record of mythological and legendary lore, as the source I
| I !j)f whence specially the military caste was to obtain its instruc- |
tion in all matters concerning their welfare in this and their I
bliss m future life. In one sense this work is the source of f
all the Puranas and as a document for antiquity, unrivalled I
for religious statesmanship. \\
Prof. Mac Donell discovers three distinct stages in the- $
augmentation of the text:— H
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