← Literature, languages and sourcesVedic, epic, Puranic and Dharmashastra literatureFind a topicSearchFour vedas samhitasBrahmanas aranyakas upanishadsSix Vedangas; Shrauta, Grihya and Dharma sutras in aphoristic sutra style; Manusmriti and later smritisEpicsEighteen Mahapuranas, panchalakshana, Bhagavata and Vishnu Puranas, dynastic lists, dating after the Upanishads