A style of Persian calligraphy that originated in Timurid Iran and gained popularity from the fifteenth century onwards. Written in cursive, the script became an integral part of Islamic paintings, architecture and arts.
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Also known as Durga Saptashati, it is one of the foremost texts within the Shaktism tradition and focuses on the…
An award conferred annually by the Sahitya Kala Parishad for excellence in performing and visual arts as well as literature.
Earliest extant text from the Vedic corpus, dated roughly between 1700 and 1200 BCE. Like the other Vedas, the Rigveda…
Originating from the Sanskrit word for "seal" or "mark," it is a symbol or ritual gesture that is performed using…
A treatise on the life of the Buddha, it retells, among other episodes, how he left his palace to lead…
A group of sixty-three Shaivite poet-saints in Tamil Nadu between the third to eighth century CE. Belonging to diverse castes,…
A body of texts written in Sanskrit and considered to be the latter part of the Vedas. They cover issues…
Meaning "creation" in Sanskrit, it is one of the cosmic acts of deities in the Hindu religious tradition. It is…