Dharmagiri: 1 definition

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Kavya (poetry)

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Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Dharmagiri (धर्मगिरि) is the name of a chamberlain in service of king Naravāhanadatta, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 41. Accordingly, “... the chamberlain Dharmagiri is weeping here. For a foolish friend of his came here just now and said that his brother, who went on a pilgrimage to holy places, was dead in a foreign land.”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Dharmagiri, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

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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’.

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