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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...
- 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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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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century Indian poet
known for his epic poem Kirātārjunīya, one of the six
mahakavyas in
classical Sanskrit.
According to
multiple grant inscriptions of the...
- by
Hindu and Jain authors.
These include Prithviraja Vijaya,
Hammira Mahakavya and
Prithviraj Raso.
These texts contain eulogistic descriptions, and...
- more on
mythological episodes, and on
other topics found commonly in
mahakavyas, such as
natural scenery and
march of armies.
Historian V. V. Mirashi...
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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...
- and the Epic of King Gesar. A
Sanskrit analogue to the epic poem is the
mahākāvya.[citation needed]
While the
composition of epic poetry, and of long poems...
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along with
Kumaran Asan and
Vallathol Narayana Menon. Umakeralam, a
mahakavya, and
Kerala Sahitya Charitram, a
comprehensive history of the Malayalam...
