Itihasa Portal
Itihasa (इतिहास, itihāsa) refers to ‘epic history� and represents a branch of Sanskrit literature which popularly includes 1) the eighteen major Puranas, 2) the Mahabharata and 3) the Ramayana. It is a branch of Vedic Hinduism categorised as smriti literature (‘that which is remembered�) as opposed to shruti literature (‘that which is transmitted verbally�).
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