suta

panegyrist

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Hindu mythology

  • Ravana
    In Hinduism: Vernacular literatures

    The sutas (charioteers and panegyrists), who celebrated the feats of great rulers, were the mythographers of the Kshatriyas (the warrior class). The sutas were popular narrators of myth and legend and developed their own bardic repertoire, which was extended to higher mythology. They—and other wanderers who…

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