A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c6.124

c6.124

¹ In the later literature also, names like Itihâsa, Âkhyâna, and Purâṇa are by no means restricted to the Mahâbhârata, Râmâyaṇa, and the Purâṇas. The Mahâbhârata is called Purâṇa, Âkhyâna, and Itihâsa. Cf. M. Bh. i. 17—19. Vyâsa himself calls his poem, the Mahâbhârata, a Kâvya; and Brahma sanctions this as its proper title. Cf. M. Bh. i. 72. This passage modifies Professor Lassen's opinion as to Kâvya being the distinctive title of the Râmâyaṇa. Cf. Indian Antiquities, i. 485. The Mahâbhârata