Kaharayanakosa, Kahārayaṇakosa: 1 definition

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Kavya (poetry)

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Source: Google Books: Indian Kavya Literature

In +1101 or 1102 Devabhadra in Bharuyaccha completed his Prakrit Kahārayaṇakosa. This is a Jaina didactic work on the way to release for the layman, who is to practice thirty-three ‘common’ and seventeen ‘particular’ virtues (these include the twelve particular restraints of Vardhamāna [5481] above). These are all illustrated by stories. Vaddhamāṇa himself in +1103/4 completed a Prakrit life of Risaha in campū form like his Maṇoramā [5424] (vikkama 1160 in the reign of jayasiṃha, verse 3589 in the pasatthi).

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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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