1. Yña Nicole S. Tejol ♥
Features and Nature of Indian Poetry
Indian poetry and Indian literature in general, has a long history dating
back to Vedic times. They were written in various Indian languages such as
Vedic Sanskrit, Classical Sanskrit, Oriya, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali and Urdu.
Poetry in foreign languages such as Persian and English also has a strong
influence on Indian poetry
Vedic Sanskrit is an Old Indo-Aryan language. It is an archaic form of
Sanskrit, an early descendant of Proto-Indo-Iranian.
Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, the primary liturgical language
of Hinduism and a literary
and scholarly language in Buddhism and Jainism
Oriya is an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the IndoEuropean language family.
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of
South India and North-east
Sri Lanka.
Kannada is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of
Karnataka.
Bengali is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of
eastern South Asia known as
present day Bangladesh.
Bengal, which comprises
Urdu or more precisely Standard Urdu, is a register of the Hindustani
language. It is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan, and is

2. also widely spoken in India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages
and an official language of five Indian states.
Forms of Indian Poetry
Assamese literature- . The first known works on this language are called
“Charyapadas”
Middle Assamese- first of all this period began at the Ahom court where
the Assamese language was adopted as court language.
Modern Assamese- In 1873 it was reinstated
and ever since it is the
formal languages in Assam's schools, courts and offices.
Devotional: This is one of the oldest types of Indian poetry. In fact, all
religious scriptures have been written in the poetic form.
Example of an Indian Poetry
I love mother India.....
From top of the mountain Himalayas
Her mountains are covered with
down to the Indian ocean, mother
beautiful flora while beautiful fauna walk
India is known as heavenly blessed country in the world.
freely in the jungle
She is always looks a most beautiful
country on earth while nature hugs her.