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In Hinduism, Itihasa-Purana, also called the fifth Veda,[1][2][3] refers to the traditional accounts of cosmogeny, myths, royal genealogies of the lunar dynasty and solar dynasty, and legendary past events,[web 1] as narrated in the Itihasa (Mahabharata and the Ramayana)[1] and the Puranas.[1] They are highly influential in Indian culture, and many classical Indian poets derive the plots of their poetry and drama from the Itihasa.[4] The Epic-Puranic chronology derived from the Itihasa-Puranais an influential frame of reference in traditional Indian thought.
- ^ a b c Klostermaier (2007), p. 59.
- ^ Flood (1996), p. 104.
- ^ Debroy (2014), p. 7.
- ^ Pargiter (1922).
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