The story of the one-horned hermit

Japanese: 一角仙人物語 - いっかくせんにんものがたり
The story of the one-horned hermit

…An ancient Indian epic. Along with the Ramayana, it is considered India's national epic. It consists of 18 volumes, and including the supplement Harivaṃśa, it contains 100,000 hymns (a hymn is a poem of 16 syllables, two lines), making it the longest epic poem in history. According to legend, it was passed down by a sage named Vyasa to his five disciples, and one of them, Vaishampāyana, recited it for the first time during a snake-slaying ritual held by King Janamejaya.

*Some of the terminology used in "The Tale of the Ikkaku Hermit" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…古代インドの叙事詩。《ラーマーヤナ》とともにインドの国民的叙事詩となっている。18巻より成り,補遺《ハリバンシャHarivaṃśa》を含めると10万頌(頌とは16音節2行の詩)を数え,古今東西にわたりこれほど長大な叙事詩は他に例をみない。伝説によるとビヤーサという仙人が5人の弟子に伝え,その一人であるバイシャンパーヤナがジャナメージャヤ王の催した蛇退治の祭祀のおりに初めてこれを唱えたといわれている。…

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