Long narrative works of the Indian and Javanese worlds, including the Sanskrit purana and the prabandha, a semi-historical anecdote about famous persons. A genre belongs here when its cited article places it among the traditional narrative literatures of South or Southeast Asia. It excludes the European romance and the Chinese storytelling forms. The group is organised by form and tradition so that a reader can compare related genres side by side.
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Mangal-Kavya - Wikipedia
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notably consisting of narratives of indigenous deities of rural Bengal
Puranas, Wikipedia
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The most studied and popular of the Puranas, telling of Vishnu's Avatars, and of Vaishnavism.
Prabandha - Wikipedia
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The prabandhas are semi-historical anecdotes about famous persons.
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