Suparṇākhyāna
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Suparṇākhyāna
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The Suparṇākhyāna, also known as the Suparṇādhyāya, is a short epic poem or cycle of ballads in Sanskrit about the divine bird Garuda, believed to date from the late Vedic period. Considered to be among the "earliest traces of epic poetry in India," the text only survives "in very bad condition," and remains "little studied." The subject of the poem is "the legend of Kadrū, the snake-mother, and Vinatā, the bird-mother, and enmity between Garuda and the snakes." It relates the birth of Garuda an
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Ancient Sanskrit epic poem
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supar%E1%B9%87%C4%81khy%C4%81na
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2023-07-29T22:46:39Z
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