Re: Here comes title
namaste Param.
Story is not necessarily an imaginary or fictitious account because the word history itself contains story!
The equivalent Sanskrit terms for history are:
itihAsaH, purAvRttaM, purAbhUtaM, purANopAkhyAnaM, upAkhyAnaM, charitravarNanaM, vRttAntaM, udaMtaH, samAchAraH, vArtA, of course with shades of meaning.
Legend in Sanskrit means:
kathA, upAkhyAnaM, AkhyAyikA, purAvRtta-purANa-kathA, purAvRttaM, loka-jana-kathA, itihAsaH, purANam, with their shades of meaning.
Any historical or biographical account, even if it is an on-the-spot narration or an autobiography, is sure to be saddled with personal opinions and perceptions enlarged by imagination, so why try to distinguish between itihAsa-purANa-charitra/charita?
रत्नाकरधौतपदां हिमालयकिरीटिनीम् ।
ब्रह्मराजर्षिररत्नाढ्यां वन्दे भारतमातरम् ॥
To her whose feet are washed by the ocean, who wears the Himalayas as her crown, and is adorned with the gems of rishis and kings, to Mother India, do I bow down in respect.
--viShNu purANam
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