of Sanskrit Literature. In the Rig. Veda we occasionally find conversations between supernatural beings and Rishis. As examples, the conversation of Indra, Agastya. gn4 Maruts, and the dialogue between Fama and Yami, may be mentioned. The epics may be called actual dialogues, the whole of the Mahabharata being composed in the form of a dialogue bttween Suta and his disciples. The Upanishads contain «a«y drogue* of which the pathetic conversation between Ujaavalkya apd his wife Maitreyi on the occasion of their mutual separation, may be pointed out as an instance.
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