Alternative spellings of this word include Anandakandachampu.

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Shodhganga: A critical appreciation of soddhalas udayasundarikatha

Ānandakandacampū (आनन्दकन्दचम्पू) was composed by Mitramiśra, on the early life of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the author of Viramitrodaya.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Hinduism

Ānandakandacampū (आनन्दकन्दचम्पू) or “Ānandakanda Campū” is a Sanskrit work in the campū style written by Mitramiśra, relating the early life of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Campū is a form of Sanskrit literature similair to the epic (kathā) and dramatic (kāvya) style. It contains both prose romance as well as sections in verse.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Ānandakandacampū (आनन्दकन्दचम्पू) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Rādh. 23.

2) Ānandakandacampū (आनन्दकन्दचम्पू):—by Mitramiśra. Bl. 258.

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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.

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Partial matches: Anandakanda, Campu.

Full-text: Mitramishra.

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