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Mahākāvya (lit.
great kāvya,
court epic), also
known as sargabandha, is a
genre of
Indian epic
poetry in
classical Sanskrit. The
genre is characterised...
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Hammira Mahakavya (IAST: Hammīra-
Mahākāvya) is a 15th-century
Indian Sanskrit epic poem
written by the Jain
scholar Nayachandra Suri. It is a legendary...
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important feature of
mahākāvya (Long poems) is that they are
divided into
chapters or
cantos (sargas).
Fully versified Mahākāvyas (called sargabandhas)...
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Recognition of Śa****alā, and
other dramas of Kālidāsa (c. 5th century CE) and
Mahākāvya poetry. In
Tamil literature, the
Sangam literature (c. 600 BCE – c. 300 BCE)...
- Raghuvaṃśa and Kumārasambhava.
These two
epics are
traditionally known as
mahākāvya "great epics".
Other writers of
great epics were Bhāravi (6th century...
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exact year of his
birth is not known. The last
canto of his
Surathotsava Mahakavya provides information about him and
several of his ancestors. Someshvara...
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several texts composed after his
death including Nayachandra Suri's
Hammira Mahakavya, Jodharaja's
Hammira Raso, and Chandrashekhara's Hammira-Hatha. Hammiradeva...
- more on
mythological episodes, and on
other topics found commonly in
mahakavyas, such as
natural scenery and
march of armies.
Historian V. V. Mirashi...
- text is
notable because the
poetry in the text is
exquisite and
called a
Mahakavya in the
Indian tradition, and has
attracted many
scholarly commentaries...
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Indian mahākāvya epic genre, more
emphasis was laid on
description than on narration. Indeed, the
traditional characteristics of a
mahākāvya are listed...
