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Ṛtusaṃhāra, often written Ritusamhara, [1] [2] (Devanagari: ऋतुसंहार; ऋतु ṛtu, "season"; संहार saṃhāra, "compilation") is a medium length Sanskrit poem. [3] While the poem is often attributed to Kalidasa, modern scholars disagree with this traditional
The Sanskrit scholar Barbara Stoler Miller translated these sections as Among Fools and Kings, Passionate Encounters and Refuge in the Forest respectively. Especially in the Vairāgyaśataka , but also in the other two, his poetry displays the depth and intensity of his renunciation as he vacillates between the pursuits of fleshly desires and ...
Meghadūta (Sanskrit: मेघदूत literally Cloud Messenger) [1] is a lyric poem written by Kālidāsa (c. 4th–5th century CE), considered to be one of the greatest Sanskrit poets. It describes how a yakṣa (or nature spirit), who had been banished by his master to a remote region for a year, asked a cloud to take a message of love to ...
Arjuna fights with the Kirata-Shiva. The Kirātārjunīya predominantly features the Vīra rasa, or the mood of valour. [3] [4] It expands upon a minor episode in the Vana Parva ("Book of the Forest") of the Mahabharata: While the Pandavas are exiled in the forest, Draupadi and Bhima incite Yudhishthira to declare war with the Kauravas, while he does not relent.
There are numerous anthologies which collect short Sanskrit poetry from different authors, these works are our main source of short Sanskrit poems. [159] One widely celebrated anthology is the Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa ( Anthology of Well Said Jewels ) of the Buddhist monk and anthologist Vidyakara (c. 1050–1130).
Epic poems in Sanskrit (2 C, 30 P) J. Jayadeva (11 P) M. Mahabharata (8 C, 88 P) R. Ramayana (4 C, 53 P, 1 F) Pages in category "Sanskrit poetry"
That “ Bhaṭṭi ’s Poem” canto 10 is a major work on Sanskrit poetics is amply demonstrated by Söhnen [8] in her examination of ‘doubling’ yamaka of 10.2–22 showing that the treatment of this figure in Daṇḍin ’s “Mirror of Poetry” and Bhāmaha’s “Ornament of Poetry” is influenced by the Bhaṭṭikāvya.
Raghuvaṃśa (Devanagari: रघुवंशम्, lit. 'lineage of Raghu') is a Sanskrit epic poem by the celebrated Sanskrit poet Kalidasa.Though an exact date of composition is unknown, the poet is presumed to have flourished in the 5th century CE. [1]