Book of the Sleeping

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Book of the Sleeping is the English rendering of the title of the Sauptika Parva, a section of the Indian epic Mahabharata that narrates the night-time massacre of sleeping warriors.

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Book of the Sleeping canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literaryWork ⓘ
sectionOfEpic ⓘ
associatedTradition Hinduism ⓘ
belongsToTextualTradition Itihasa ⓘ
centralEvent Ashwatthama’s attack on the Pandava camp ⓘ
containsMotif killingOfSleepingEnemies ⓘ
violationOfWarriorCode ⓘ
culturalContext ancientIndia ⓘ
describesEvent massacre of the Pandava camp at night ⓘ
featuresCharacter Ashwatthama ⓘ
Kripa ⓘ
Kritavarma ⓘ
genre HinduEpic ⓘ
epicLiterature ⓘ
isSectionOf Sauptika Parva ⓘ
languageOfOriginal Sanskrit ⓘ
narrativeFocus night-time massacre of sleeping warriors ⓘ
originalTitle Sauptika Parva ⓘ
partOf Mahabharata ⓘ
positionInWork bookOfMahabharata ⓘ
relatedWork Shanti Parva ⓘ
Stri Parva ⓘ
religiousSignificance partOfHinduScripturalEpicTradition ⓘ
setting after the Kurukshetra War ⓘ
sourceWorkAuthorTraditionallyAscribed Vyasa ⓘ
theme dharmaAndAdharma ⓘ
linked to: Dharma

nightWarfare ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
warAtrocity ⓘ
titleLanguage English ⓘ

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Sauptika Parva → titleMeaning → Book of the Sleeping ⓘ