Khandakavya, Khaṇḍakāvya, Khanda-kavya, Khamdakavya: 7 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKhaṇḍakāvya (खण्डकाव्य).—a small poem, such as the मेघदूत (meghadūta); it is thus defined : खण्डकाव्यं भवेत् काव्यस्यैकदेशानुसारि च (khaṇḍakāvyaṃ bhavet kāvyasyaikadeśānusāri ca) S. D. 564.
Derivable forms: khaṇḍakāvyam (खण्डकाव्यम्).
Khaṇḍakāvya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms khaṇḍa and kāvya (काव्य).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKhaṇḍakāvya (खण्डकाव्य).—
(-vyaṃ) n. A poem interspersed with prose. E. khaṇḍa, and kāvya a poem.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKhaṇḍakāvya (खण्डकाव्य):—[=khaṇḍa-kāvya] [from khaṇḍa > khaṇḍ] n. a defective or minor poem (id est. one not on any heroic or sacred subject, and having only one topic, like, [Meghadūta; Caurapañcāśikā] etc.), [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKhaṇḍakāvya (खण्डकाव्य):—[khaṇḍa-kāvya] (vyaṃ) 1. n. A poem interspersed with a variety of quotations in prose.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKhaṃḍakāvya (ಖಂಡಕಾವ್ಯ):—[noun] a shorter form of narrative poem in a dignified style; a shorter epic.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Kavya, Khanda.
Full-text: Bilhanacarita, Mahakavya, Kalidasa, Kavya.
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