Hammiramahakavya, Hammīramahākāvya, Hammira-mahakavya: 1 definition

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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (hinduism)

Hammīramahākāvya (हम्मीरमहाकाव्य) is the name of a work by Nayacandrasūri, who is also the author of the Vasantavilāsa (dealing with poetry and riddles), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The author, Nayacandrasūri, was a Śvetāmbara Jain monk, pupil of Jayasiṃhasūri, and belonged to the kṛṣṇarṣi-gaccha. He lived in the 15th century and is known as the author of a historical large poem, the Hammīramahākāvya, and of one of the few known representatives of the saṭṭaka genre (plays only in Prakrit), the Rambhāmañjarī.

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