Society depicted in modern Sanskrit tales

Abstract

The history of stories is as old as human life. Just as there is no clear unanimous evidence about the origin of human life, similarly there is no clear evidence of the beginning of stories, but some examples of this are found in Vedas, Puranas, Upanishads, Smriti Granthas, Ramayana, Mahabharata etc. There has been a huge tradition of Sanskrit stories from Vedic times till today. In which Panchtantra, Hitopadesh, Jataka Kathas etc. stories are found. Which has been divided into three parts in western countries at present - 1. Fairy Tales 2. Fables 3. Didactic Tales. Modern Sanskrit literature has become richer than these three parts. Today, apart from fairy tales, animal tales, didactic stories, stories presenting the current social environment are being written in it. The stories of Prof. Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra, Prof. Radhavallabh Tripathi, Prof. Banmali Biswal, Dr. Harshdev Madhav, Dr. Pramod Bhartiya, Dr. Praveen Pandya, Dr. Rishiraj Jani etc. are prominent among them. In this research paper, the present society depicted in the stories of these authors has been described.