Literature

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Indian Literature in Sanskrit is one of the oldest, richest and best collections in the world. Sanskrit as language is 10000 of years old. It has been our spoken language for thousands of years, and even today in some villages in India, this is the day-to-day spoken language. Similarly we have a very rich collection of literary works that are in Sanskrit. Over thousands of years we have many literature that have been written by many scholars.

In this section we have details of Sanskrit literature that we have as our inheritance from the golden ages. We will look into scholars, literary works and different books in Sanskrit. We have tried to give some details on scholars and their works, each in its separate section. We hope this will help all to get an overall view of our literature. The following is a list of famous Sanskrit scholars and their works.

Vedas, Puranas and Upanishads Rig Ved ऋग्वेद RRigveda Yajur Veda यजुर्वेद yajurveda Sama Veda सामवेद saamaveda Atharva Veda अथर्ववेद atharveda Upanisat (108) उपनिषत् (१०८) upaniShat (108) Purana (18) पुराण (१८) puraaNaa (18)	Valmiki - वाल्मीकि - vaalmiiki Ramayana रामायणम् raamaayaNam Vyasa - व्यास - vyaasa Mahabharata महाभारतम् mahaabhaaratam Srimaddbhagvadgita श्रीमद्भगबदगीता shriimadbhagabadgiitaa	Other Ramayanas Yogabassistha योगवासिष्ठः yogavaasiShThaH Adhyatma Ramayana अध्यात्मरामायणम् adhyaatmaraamaayaNam Adhbhuta Ramayana अद्भूतरामायणम् adbhuutaraamaayaNam Ananda Ramayana आनन्दरामायणम् aanandaraamaayaNam Tattva Sanghraha Ramayana तत्वसंग्रहरामायणम् tatvasa.ngraharaamaayaNam Bhushundi Ramayana भुशुण्डिरामायणम् bhushuNDiraamaayaNam Mantra Ramayana मन्त्ररामायणम् mantraraamaayaNam Ramalingamruta रामलिङ्गामृतम् raamaliN^gaamRRitaM Raghavollasa राघवोल्लासः raaghavollasaH Udar Raghava उदारराघवः udaararaaghavaH Shri Rama Charita Manasa (Hindi) श्रीरामचरीतमानस shriiraamachariitamaanasa
Bhasa - भासः - bhaasaH Pancharatram पञ्चरात्रम् paJNcharaatram Swapanavasavadattam स्वप्नवासवदत्तम् svapnavaasavadattam Charudattam चारुदतम् chaarudatam Dutaghatotkacha दूतघटोत्कचः duutaghaTotkachaH Dutavakyam दूतवाक्यम् duutavaakyam Pratimanatakam प्रतिमा-नाटकम् pratimaa-naaTakam Karnabharam कर्णभारम् karNabhaaram Urubhanga उरूभंगम् uruubha.ngam Pratingyayogandharayana प्रतिज्ञा-यौगन्धरायणम् pratidnyaa-yaugandharaayaNam Abhiseka अभिषेक-नाटक abhiSheka-naaTaka Madhyamabyayoga मध्यम-व्यायोगः madhyama-vyaayogaH Balachatriam वालचरितम् vaalacharitam Abimaraka अविमारकम् avimaarakam	Kalidasa - कालिदासः - kaalidaasaH Meghadutam मेघदूतम् meghaduutam Srutbodha श्रुतबोधः shrutabodhaH Vikramorvasiya विक्रमोर्वशीयम् vikramorvashiiyam Raghuvansam रघुवंशम् raghuva.nsham Abhijnanasakuntalam अभिज्ञानशाकुन्तलम् abhidnyaanashaakuntalam Kumarasambhavam कुमारसम्भवम् kumaarasambhavam Malavikagnimitram मालविकाग्निमित्रम् maalavikagnimitram Rutusamharam ऋतुसंहारम् RRitisa.nhaaram	Bana - बाणः - baaNaH Harshacaritam हर्षचरितम् harShacharitam Kadambari कादम्बरी kaadambarii Shriharsha - श्रीहर्षः - shriiharShaH (King) Ratnavali Natika रत्नावली-नाटिका ratnaavalii-naaTikaa Nagananda Nataka नागानन्द-नाटक naagaananda-naaTaka Priyadarshika प्रियदर्शिका priyadarshikaa Shriharsha - श्रीहर्षः - shriiharShaH (Poet) Naishadhiyacharitam नैषधीयचरितम् naiShadhiiyacharitam Bharavi - भारविः - bhaaraviH Kiratarjuniyam किरातार्जुनीयम् kiraataarjuniiyam Magha - माघः - maaghaH Shishupalvadh Mahakavya शिशुपालवद्ध-महाकाव्यम् shishupaalavaddha-mahaakaavyam Dandi - दण्डी - daNDii Dasakumaracaritam दशकुमारचरितम् dashakumaaracharitam Bhattnarayan - भट्टनारायणः - bhaTTanaaraayaNaH Venisamhara वेणीसंहारम् veNiisa.nhaaram
Shudrak - शुद्रकः - shudrakaH Mricchakatikam मृच्छकटीकम् mRRichchhakaTiikam Vishakhadatta - विषाखादत्तः - viShaakhaadattaH Mudraraksham मुद्राराक्षसम् mudraaraakshasam	Jaideva - जयदेवः - jayadevaH Chandraloka चन्द्रालोकः chandraalokaH Prasannaraghava प्रसन्नराघवम् prasannaraaghavam Gitagovindam गीतगोविन्दम् giitagovindam	Somesvara - सोमेस्वरः - somesvaraH Manasollasa मानसोल्लासः maanasollaasaH Bhababhuti - भावभूतिः - bhaavabhuutiH Uttararamacharitam उत्तररामचरितम् uttararaamacharitam
Chanakya - चाणक्यः - chaaNakyaH Chanakya Neeti चाणक्य-नीतिः chaaNakya-niitiH Artashastra अर्थशास्त्रम् arthashaastram	Vishnusharma - विष्णुशर्मा - viShNusharmaa Panchatantra पञ्चतन्त्रम् paJNchatantram Pandita Bhattanarayana - पण्डित-भट्टनारायणः - paNDita-bhaTTanaaraayaNaH Hitopodesha हितोपदेशः hitopadeshaH	Somadeva - सोमदेवः - somadevaH Kathasaritasagara कथासरितसागरः kathaasaritasaagaraH Yashastilakachampu यशस्तिलकचम्पू yashastilakachampuu Gunadhya - गुणाढ्यः - guNaaDhyaH Brihatkatha वृहद्कथा vRRihadkathaa
Dhananjaya - धनञ्जयः - dhanaJNjayaH Dasarupkam दशरूपकम् dasharuupakam	Ksemendra - केसमेन्द्रः - kesamendraH Bharatamanjari भारतमञ्जरि bhaaratamaJNjari	Ashvaghosh - अश्वघोषः - ashvaghoShaH Budhacharitam बुद्धचरितम् buddhacharitam
Aryashur - आर्यशुरः - aaryashuraH Jatakmala जातकमाला jaatakamaalaa	Subandhu - शुबन्धुः - shubandhuH Basabadatta वासवदत्ता vasavadatta	Bhojadeva - भोजदेवः - bhojadevaH Champuramayanam चम्पूरामायणम् champuuraamaayaNam
Anantabhatta - अनन्तभट्टः - anantabhaTTaH Champubharatam चम्पूभारतम् champuubhaaratam	Benkatadhvari - वेङ्कटाध्वरीः - veN^kaTaadhvariiH Visvagunadarshachampu विश्वगुणादर्शच्म्पू vishvaguNaadarshachampuu	Nilakanthadiikhita - निलकण्ठदीक्षितः - nilakaNThadiikshitaH Nilakanthavijayachampu निलकण्ठविजयचम्पू nilakaNThavijayachampuu