Mahakavya, 惭补丑腻办腻惫测补, Maha-kavya: 13 definitions
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Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical study惭补丑腻办腻惫测补 (啶す啶距啶距さ啷嵿く) is a poetical work of sizeable length written mainly in narrative style. Epic poetry, as distinguished from lyrical, is characterized by the fact that it confines itself more to external action than to internal feelings. As the nation grows up in ideas and civilization, and naturally begins to reason and to speculate, its mind turns inward, putting a stop to the spontaneous outburst of epic, the natural expression of national life.
惭补丑腻办腻惫测补 is usually divided into cantos (sargas). It is to be written in pure Sanskrit and in no other dialect. Some historical incidents or some characters of celebrity should form the theme of a 尘补丑腻办腻惫测补尘 or some supernatural events might be as well immortalized in its pages. Such political incidents, as councils of state, sending of embassies, as well as the marching out of soldiers in battle army, should be taken not to encumber its majesty with a dull monotony of detailed descriptions. The metres, to be used, in its composition, are the 艢akvar墨;, the Ati-Jagat墨;, the Ati-艢akvar墨;, the Tri峁ａ弓up and the Pu峁it膩gr膩;. The cantos shall deal with different incidents of the same story and they should not be too short or succinct. [...]
Cf. 惭补丑腻办腻惫测补 in the S膩hityadarpa峁嘺, VI. 315-325
Kavyashastra (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 办腻惫测补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
Nirukta (Sanskrit etymology)
: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical study (etymology)惭补丑腻办腻惫测补 (啶す啶距啶距さ啷嵿く) is a composite of two words, (mahat) great and 办腻惫测补 (poem), meaning a 鈥榞reat poem鈥�. 惭补丑腻办腻惫测补 is generally differentiated from rest of the 办腻惫测补s by its essence, i.e. by its subject matter and treatment.
Nirukta (啶ㄠた啶班啶曕啶�) or 鈥渆tymology鈥� refers to the linguistic analysis of the Sanskrit language. This branch studies the interpretation of common and ancient words and explains them in their proper context. Nirukta is one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas.
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Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary尘补丑腻办腻惫测补 (啶す啶距啶距さ啷嵿く).鈥攏 (S) A regular and classical poem. Applied, par excellence, to each of six great works.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary惭补丑腻办腻惫测补 (啶す啶距啶距さ啷嵿く).鈥攁 great or classical poem; (for a full description of its nature, contents &c., according to Rhetoricians see S. D.559). (The number of 惭补丑腻办腻惫测补s is usually said to be five:-raghuva峁兣沘, kum膩rasa峁僢hava, kir膩t膩rjun墨ya, 艣i艣up膩lavadha and 苍补颈峁诲丑补肠补谤颈迟补 or six, if 尘别驳丑补诲奴迟补-a very small poem or kha峁囜笉a办腻惫测补-be added to the list. But this enumeration is apparently only traditional, as there are several other poems, such as the bha峁弓i办腻惫测补, vikram膩峁卥adevacarita, haravijaya &c. which have an equal claim to be considered as 惭补丑腻办腻惫测补s).
Derivable forms: 尘补丑腻办腻惫测补尘 (啶す啶距啶距さ啷嵿く啶).
惭补丑腻办腻惫测补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 尘补丑腻 and 办腻惫测补 (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑腻办腻惫测补 (啶す啶距啶距さ啷嵿く).鈥攏.
(-惫测补峁�) A regular and classical poem. E. 尘补丑腻 great, and 办腻惫测补 a poem; the title is applied especially to five works; the Kumara Sambhava, and Raghu Vansa of Kalidasa; the Kiratarjuniya of Bharabi; the Naisadha of Sriharsha, and the Sisupala Badham of Magha.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑腻办腻惫测补 (啶す啶距啶距さ啷嵿く).鈥攏. a classical poem,
惭补丑腻办腻惫测补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 尘补丑腻 and 办腻惫测补 (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑腻办腻惫测补 (啶す啶距啶距さ啷嵿く).鈥擺neuter] great or classical poem.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑腻办腻惫测补 (啶す啶距啶距さ啷嵿く):鈥擺=尘补丑腻-办腻惫测补] [from 尘补丑腻 > mah] n. a great or classical poem (applied as a distinguishing title to 6 chief artificial poems, viz. the Raghu-va峁兣沘, Kum膩rasambhava and Megha-d奴ta by K膩lid膩sa, the 艢i艣up膩la-vadha by M膩gha, the Kir膩t膩rjun墨ya by Bh膩ravi and the Nai峁dha-carita by 艢r墨-har峁; [according to] to some the Bha峁弓i-办腻惫测补 is also a M掳), [K膩vy膩dar艣a; Prat膩parudr墨ya] ([Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 452]).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑腻办腻惫测补 (啶す啶距啶距さ啷嵿く):鈥擺尘补丑腻+办腻惫测补] (惫测补峁�) 1. n. A regular and classical epic poem.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus惭补丑腻办腻惫测补 (嗖补嗖距矔嗖距驳喑嵿帛):鈥擺noun] a long narrative poem in a dignified style about the noble deeds of a traditional or historical hero or heroes,with certain formal characteristics ; an epic.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary惭补丑腻办腻惫测补 (啶す啶距啶距さ啷嵿く):鈥攏. an epic; a great poem; conventional designation of a single poetical work of large scope and formal style;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Full-text (+245): Sargabandha, Rasasundaramahakavya, Rajaprashastimahakavya, Suktaratnakara, Hammiracarita, Sargabandh, Shashivamshamahakavya, Tattvabodhamahakavya, Caitanyacaritamahakavya, Bharavi, Mahakavi, Padmanandamahakavya, Balabharatamahakavya, Harsha, Patalavijaya, Jambavatijaya, Mahananda, Svargarohana, Yamapala, Sausthyena.
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Shishupala-vadha (Study) (by Shila Chakraborty)
艢i艣up膩lavadha is an epic < [Introduction]
Knowledge of Artha艣膩stra in the 艢i艣up膩lavadha < [Introduction]
Date of the poet M膩gha < [Introduction]
Kuntaka鈥檚 evaluation of Sanskrit literature (by Nikitha. M)
Introduction < [Chapter 3 - Kuntaka鈥檚 estimation of 惭补丑腻办腻惫测补s of other Poets]
3. Harivijaya in Kuntaka鈥檚 treatment < [Chapter 3 - Kuntaka鈥檚 estimation of 惭补丑腻办腻惫测补s of other Poets]
Conclusion to Chapter 3 < [Chapter 3 - Kuntaka鈥檚 estimation of 惭补丑腻办腻惫测补s of other Poets]
Ethical and Spiritual thought of ancient India (by Kaberi Sarkar)
Vasudevavijaya of Vasudeva (Study) (by Sajitha. A)
Is V膩sudevavijaya a 惭补丑腻办腻惫测补? < [Chapter 4 - V膩sudevavijaya鈥擜 Literary Appreciation]
R膩mavarma尘补丑腻r膩jacaritra of Vaikkath P膩ccu M奴ttatu < [Chapter 1 - 艢膩stra办腻惫测补s鈥擜 Brief Survey]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 1 - Adherence of the 艢r墨ka峁囜弓hacarita to the norms of a 尘补丑腻办腻惫测补 < [Chapter II - The 艢r墨ka峁囜弓hacarita]
Part 3 - 惭补丑腻办腻惫测补 and its features < [Chapter I - Introduction]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Education (6): Literature < [Chapter 4 - Cultural Aspects]
Commentaries on Amarako艣a < [Chapter 1 - Ko艣a Literature鈥揂 Brief Survey]
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