The main character of one work written in this language is forced to "spend a long, long year of absence from his bride" in mountaintop exile.
The main character of one work written in this language is forced to "spend a long, long year of absence from his bride" in mountaintop exile. Another work in this language describes Radha's jealousy regarding her divine lover's licentiousness. This language, in which "The Cloud Messenger" and "Gita Govinda" were written, was used to write a poem in which the Kauravas fight against the five Pandava brothers and Krishna. For 10 points, the Mahabharata and Ramayana were originally composed in what ancient language of the Indian subcontinent?
The main character of one work written in this language is forced to "spend a long, long year of absence from his bride" in mountaintop exile.
Sanskrit [or samskrtam; or samskrta]