Riddles have at times been an important literary or folk-literary form in South Asia; it is thought that the world's earliest surviving poetic riddles are those found in the Sanskrit Rigveda.
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Place of OriginIndia (Sanskrit Rigveda) 1 Notable Example Defining TraitSanskrit riddles were composed in verse, preferably four pada but no more than eight 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. South Asian riddles - Wikipedia
Introduction
Indeed, it is thought that the world's earliest surviving poetic riddles are those found in the Sanskrit Rigveda.
Sanskrit section, Mahabharata
The Mahabharata also portrays riddle-contests and includes riddles accordingly.
Sanskrit section, form
Sanskrit riddles had to be composed in verse, preferably in four pāda-s but no more than eight pāda-s.
In Group: South Asian Poetic Genres, Lead
Riddles have at times been an important literary or folk-literary form in South Asia
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