Talk:Itihasa-Purana

Parenthesis

Might we put इतिहास in parenthesis or write 'itihāsa'? Khirad 07:36, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Put इतिहास, writing in Sanskrit and in Devanagari is better than Romanised letter! DaGizza 07:54, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Sentence

Not sure about the sentence: "The occasional use of the term to refer to hindu scriptures such as the Bhagavad Gita, is entirely inappropriate." How can the Bhagavad Gita be denied categorization as itihasa when the Mahabharata, of which it is a part, is clearly categorized as such?

I dunno.... i don't find any difference between the two. Remember these were transmitted before the inventing of the script.

As for not classifying it as itihaasa, it means that it can be classified as a smriti as well

This is part of Hinduism , therefore its classification as part of Jainism is inappropriate, as is referred in the table on right.

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Itihasa-Purana?

In Khandogya-Upanishad 7.1.4 (SBE vol. 1, p.110) is mentioned an "Itihasa-Upanishad". Shouldn't this be mentioned in the article (and is known, which Purana is meant, the Harivamsa or the Bhagavata)?--217.13.71.164 (talk) 12:43, 31 August 2014 (UTC)

Indian epic poetry article connection

I am not sure if the Itihasa / Indian epic poetry split is intentional, but currently

• Itihasas and
• Itihāsa

redirect here, while

• Itihaasas,
• Itihas and
• Itihāsas

redirect there.

Another problem is that (currently) this article immediately jumps to listing what itihasa consists of, without defining what it is first. —Mykhal (talk) 10:01, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

That's not my area and I don't know what is the best way to deal with these topics, but from reading the articles it seems that Indian epic poetry has a much broader scope: it subsumes not just the Itihasa but also other Sanskrit epic poetry (Mahakavya) as well as epic poetry in the traditions of other Indian languages. The whole topic area could do with some tidying up but I don't see the case for a merge. As for the redirects, that's well spotted! I'm going to redirect them all here. – Uanfala 09:30, 11 September 2017 (UTC)