Alternative spellings of this word include Chitrachampu.

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Shodhganga: A critical appreciation of soddhalas udayasundarikatha

Citracampū (चित्रचम्पू).—The Citra Campū of Bāṇeśvara Vidyalāṅkāra is compsed in 1744 A.D. It eulogises the author’s patron Citrasena of Vardhamana (Badawan), bengal and gives quasi-historical information about the Marāṭhā raid of Bengal in 1742 A.D.

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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

Citracampū (चित्रचम्पू) or “Citra Campū” is a Sanskrit work in the campū style written by Bāṇeśvaravidyalāṅkāra (or, “Bāṇeśvara Vidyalāṅkāra”), relating the Marāṭhā raid of Bengal in 1742 A.D.

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

Citracampū (चित्रचम्पू) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—by Bāṇeśvara, son of Rāmadeva. Io. 939.

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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: Citra, Campu.

Full-text: Baneshvara.

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