Dharmapariksha (Dharmaparīkṣā)
धर्मपरीक्षा
The Examination of Religion (Amitagati)
Sanskrit satire in which Manovega exposes the absurdities of the Purāṇas to his friend Pavanavega.
- Language
- Sanskrit
- Date
- 1014 CE
- Author
- Amitagati
- Extent
- 1,961 passages, 19,328 words
- Text
- partly digitised
- Source
- archiveorg · Dharm Pariksha By Amitagati Acharya Edited By Kailash Chandra Translator Balchandra Shastri Sanskrit Hindi… · Scan of a printed edition hosted by the Internet Archive (archive.org); the ancient text is in the public…
Contents
- 1 — 69 parts
- 2 — 95 parts
- 3 — 95 parts
- 4 — 95 parts
- 5 — 97 parts
- 6 — 95 parts
- 7 — 96 parts
- 8 — 95 parts
- 9 — 94 parts
- 10 — 100 parts
- 11 — 95 parts
- 12 — 97 parts
- 13 — 102 parts
- 14 — 101 parts
- 15 — 98 parts
- 16 — 104 parts
- 17 — 100 parts
- 18 — 100 parts
- 19 — 101 parts
- 20 — 90 parts
- 21 — 21 parts
Based on
Versions and retellings
Parallel to
See also: more in Allegories and satires
- Upamitibhavaprapanca Katha (Upamitibhavaprapañcā Kathā) — Sanskrit; 906 CE
- Mayanaparajayacariu (Mayaṇaparājayacariu) — Apabhraṃśa; 1100–1299 CE; partly digitised
- Dhuttakkhana (Dhuttakkhāṇa) — Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit; 740 CE
Discussed in 15 studies in Pramāṇa (listed on the page).