Editing Sanskrit (section)

===Works===
{{See also|Hindu texts|Buddhist texts|Jain literature}}
Sanskrit has been written in various scripts on a variety of media such as palm leaves, cloth, paper, rock and metal sheets, from ancient times.{{sfn|Banerji|1989|p=672 with footnotes}}
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 |+ Sanskrit literature by tradition
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  ! Tradition
  ! Sanskrit texts, genre or collection
  ! Example
  ! References
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 | rowspan="19"|Hinduism
 | Scriptures
 | [[Vedas]], [[Upanishads|Upaniṣad]]s, [[Āgama (Hinduism)|Āgama]]s, [[Bhagavad Gita|the Bhagavad·Gītā]]
 |<ref>Jan Gonda (1975), Vedic literature (Saṃhitās and Brāhmaṇas), Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, {{ISBN|3-447-01603-5}}</ref><ref>Teun Goudriaan, Hindu Tantric and Śākta Literature, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, {{ISBN|3-447-02091-1}}</ref>
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 |Language, Grammar
 |Aṣṭādhyāyī, Gaṇa·pāṭha, Pada·pāṭha, Vārttikas, Mahābhāṣya, Vākya·padīya, Phiṭ·sūtra
 |{{sfn|Dhanesh Jain|George Cardona|2007}}<ref>Hartmut Scharfe, A history of Indian literature. Vol. 5, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, {{ISBN|3-447-01722-8}}</ref>{{sfn|Keith|1996}}
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 |Civil and Religious Law
 |Dharma·sūtras/Dharma·śāstras,{{efn|These are just generic names for works of law}} Manu·smṛti
 |<ref>{{cite book |first1=J. |last1=Duncan |first2=M. |last2=Derrett |year=1978 |title=Dharmasastra and Juridical Literature: A history of Indian literature |editor-first=Jan |editor-last=Gonda |volume=4 |publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |isbn=3-447-01519-5}}</ref>{{sfn|Keith|1996|loc=ch 22}}
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 |Statecraft, political science
 |Artha·śāstra
 |<ref>{{cite book |first=Patrick |last=Olivelle |title=King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India |date=31 January 2013 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-989182-5}}</ref>
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 |Timekeeping, Mathematics, Logic
 |[[Kalpa (Vedanga)|Kalpa]], [[Jyotisha|Jyotiṣa]], Gaṇita·śāstra, Śulba·sūtras, Siddhāntas, Āryabhaṭīya, Daśa·gītikā·sutra, Siddhānta·śiromaṇi, Gaṇita·sāra·saṅgraha, Bīja·gaṇita{{efn|an account of Indian algebra}}
 |<ref>Kim Plofker (2009), ''[[Mathematics in India (book)|Mathematics in India]]'', Princeton University Press, {{ISBN|978-0-691-12067-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=David |last=Pingree |title=A Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit |year=1970 |volume=1–5 |publisher=American Philosophical Society |isbn=978-0-87169-213-9}}</ref>
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 |Life sciences, health
 |Āyurveda, Suśruta·saṃhitā, Caraka·saṃhitā
 |<ref>{{cite book |first=M.S. |last=Valiathan |title=The Legacy of Caraka |year=2003 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |isbn=978-81-250-2505-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Kenneth |last=Zysk |year= 1998|title=Medicine in the Veda |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-1401-1}}</ref>
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 |Sex, emotions{{efn|''Kāma·śāstra'', 'the science of love'}}
 | [[Kama Sutra|Kāma·sūtra]], Pañca·sāyaka, Rati·rahasya, Rati·mañjari, Anaṅga·ranga
 |<ref>{{cite book |first=J.J. |last=Meyer |title=Sexual Life in Ancient India |date=22 February 2013 |volume=1 & 2 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-1-4826-1588-3}}</ref>{{sfn|Keith|1996|loc=ch 24}}
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 |Epics
 |Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata
 |{{sfn|John L. Brockington|1998}}<ref>{{cite book |author=Sures Chandra Banerji |year=1989 |title=A Companion to Sanskrit Literature |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-0063-2 |pages=1–4, with a long list in Part&nbsp;II |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JkOAEdIsdUsC |via=Google Books |quote=Spanning a period of over three thousand years; containing brief accounts of authors, works, characters, technical terms, geographical names, myths, [and] legends, [with] several appendices. |access-date=6 August 2018 |archive-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329144637/https://books.google.com/books?id=JkOAEdIsdUsC |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 |Court Epic (Kāvya)
 |Raghu·vaṃśa, Kumāra·sambhava
 |{{sfn|Keith|1996|loc=§4}}
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 |Gnomic and didactic literature
 |Subhāṣitas, Nīti·śataka, Bodhicary'âvatāra, Śṛṅgāra·jñāna·nirṇaya, Kalā·vilāsa, Catur·varga·saṅgraha, Nīti·mañjari, Mugdh'ôpadeśa, Subhāṣita·ratna·sandoha, Yoga·śāstra, Śṛṅgāra·vairāgya·taraṅgiṇī
 |<ref>{{cite book |first=Ludwik |last=Sternbach |year=1974 |title=Subhāṣita: Gnomic and didactic literature |publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |isbn=978-3-447-01546-2}}</ref>
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 |Drama, dance and the performance arts
 |Nāṭya·śāstra
 |<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/SanskritDrama-KeithA.Berriedale |title=The Sanskrit Drama |publisher=Oxford University Press |first=Keith A. |last=Berriedale |via=Archive.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first1=Rachel |last1=Baumer |first2=James |last2=Brandon |year=1993 |title=Sanskrit Drama in Performance |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=81-208-0772-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Mohan |last=Khokar |year=1981 |title=Traditions of Indian Classical Dance |publisher=Peter Owen Publishers |isbn=978-0-7206-0574-7}}</ref>
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 |Music
 |Sangīta·śāstra
 |<ref>{{cite book |first=E. |last=te&nbsp;Nijenhuis |author-link=Emmie te Nijenhuis |chapter=Musicological literature |series=A History of Indian Literature |volume=6 |title=Scientific and Technical Literature |date=1977 |id=Fasc.&nbsp;1 |publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |isbn=978-3-447-01831-9}}</ref><ref>Lewis Rowell, Music and Musical Thought in Early India, University of Chicago Press, {{ISBN|0-226-73033-6}}</ref>
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 |Poetics
 |Kāvya·śāstra
 |<ref>Edwin Gerow, ''A history of Indian literature''. Vol. 5, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, {{ISBN|3-447-01722-8}}</ref>
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 |Mythology
 |Purāṇas
 |<ref>Ludo Rocher (1986), ''The Puranas'', Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, {{ISBN|978-3-447-02522-5}}</ref>
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 |Mystical speculations, philosophy
 |Darśana, [[Samkhya|Sāṅkhya]], [[Yoga (philosophy)]], [[Nyaya|Nyāya]], [[Vaisheshika|Vaiśeṣika]], [[Mimamsa|Mīmāṅsa]], [[Vedanta|Vedānta]], [[Vaishnavism]], [[Shaivism]], [[Shaktism]], [[Smarta Tradition|Smārta Tradition]] and others
 |<ref>Karl Potter, ''The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies'', Volumes 1 through 27, Motilal Banarsidass, {{ISBN|81-208-0309-4}}</ref>
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 | Agriculture and food
 | Kṛṣi·śāstra
 |<ref>Gyula Wojtilla (2006), ''History of Kr̥ṣiśāstra'', Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, {{ISBN|978-3-447-05306-8}}</ref>
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 | Design, architecture (Vastu, Śilpa)
 | Śilpa·śāstra
 |<ref>{{cite book |first=P.K. |last=Acharya |year=1946 |url=https://archive.org/stream/encyclopaediaofh07achauoft#page/n9/mode/2up |title=An Encyclopedia of Hindu Architecture |publisher=Oxford University Press |volume=7}} Also see volumes&nbsp;1–6.</ref><ref>[[Bruno Dagens]] (1995), Mayamata : An Indian Treatise on Housing Architecture and Iconography, {{ISBN|978-81-208-3525-2}}</ref>
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 |Temples, Sculpture
 |Bṛhat·saṃhitā
 |<ref>Stella Kramrisch, ''Hindu Temple'', Vol. 1 and 2, Motilal Banarsidass, {{ISBN|978-81-208-0222-3}}</ref>
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 |Saṃskāra (rites-of-passage)
 |Gṛhya·sūtras
 |<ref>Rajbali Pandey (2013), ''Hindu Saṁskāras: Socio-religious study of the Hindu sacraments'', 2nd Edition, Motilal Banarsidass, {{ISBN|978-8120803961}}</ref>
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 | style="background: #ffad66;" |Buddhism
 | Sutras, Vinaya, Kāvya, Medicine, [[Buddhist philosophy]]
 | [[Tripitaka|Tripiṭaka]],{{efn|Most Tripiṭaka historic texts in the Pali language, but Sanskrit Tripiṭaka texts have been discovered.{{sfn|Banerji|1989|pp=634–635 with the list in Appendix IX}}}} [[Mahayana sutras]] and [[shastra]]s, [[Tantras (Buddhism)|tantras]], grammar texts, [[Buddhist poetry]], drama, Buddhist medical texts
 |{{sfn|Banerji|1989|pp=634–635 with the list in Appendix IX}}{{sfn|Eltschinger|2017}}{{sfn|Wayman|1965}}
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 | style="background: #ffad66;" |Jainism
 | Theology, philosophy
 | [[Tattvartha Sutra|Tattvārtha Sūtra]], Mahāpurāṇa and others
 |<ref>{{cite book |author=Paul Dundas |title=The Jains |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X8iAAgAAQBAJ |year=2003 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-50165-6 |pages=68–76, 149, 307–310 |access-date=20 July 2018 |archive-date=2 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702114824/https://books.google.com/books?id=X8iAAgAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Wendy Doniger |year=1993 |title=Purana Perennis: Reciprocity and transformation in Hindu and Jaina texts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-kZFzHCuiFAC |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-0-7914-1381-4 |pages=192–193}}</ref>
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