The Sanskrit term Kāvyaprakāśa can be transliterated into English as Kavyaprakasa or Kavyaprakasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavyashastra (science of poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kavya Shastra

Kāvyaprakāśa (काव्यप्रकाश) was written by Mammaṭācārya (Mammata-Acharya) in 11th century Kashmir and represents a major work in the study of Sanskrit poetics.—The importance of the Kāvyaprakāśa is highlighted by the commentaries of scholars such as Viśvanātha Kavirāja and the reference to it in Bhakti traditions by Caitanya Mahāprabhu and others. The Kāvyaprakāśa influenced later works such as Sāhityadarpaṇa. A dated manuscript from 1158 corroborates its historical significance. The work’s reach extended to figures like Hemacandra, demonstrating its longstanding impact on Indian literary and philosophical discourse.

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Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kāvyaprakāśa (काव्यप्रकाश).—Name of a work on Rhetorics by Mammaṭa.

Derivable forms: kāvyaprakāśaḥ (काव्यप्रकाशः).

Kāvyaprakāśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāvya and prakāśa (प्रकाश).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kāvyaprakāśa (काव्यप्रकाश).—[masculine] light of poetry, T. of a work.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Kāvyaprakāśa (काव्यप्रकाश) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—alaṃk. by Bhaṭṭācārya (?). B. 3, 46.
—by Bhāratīkavi. B. 3, 46. 48 (sūtra).
—by Viśvanātha (?). Sb. 299.

2) Kāvyaprakāśa (काव्यप्रकाश):—alaṃk. by Mammaṭa and Alaka (Peters. 2. 14). Pet. 728. Io. 74. W. p. 227. Oxf. 212^a. Paris. (B 130 a). K. 98. B. 3, 46. Report. Xvi. Ben. 34. 38. 40. Bik. 285. Kāṭm. 8. Pheh. 6. Rādh. 20 (and—[commentary]). NW. 600. Burnell. 54^b. Bhr. 205. 206. H. 172. Taylor. 1, 3. Oppert. 542. 2579. 2794. 3115. 3391. 4204. 4742. 5010. 5252. 5510. 6562. 6885. 7748. 7899. Ii, 585. 920. 1049. 1439. 2912. 3618. 5928. 6108. 6236. 6892. 8835. 9019. Rice. 282. Peters. 1, 114. 3, 394. Bp. 265. Kārikāvalī Oxf. 212^a. B. 3, 48. Ben. 36. Peters. 3, 394. Quoted by Sāyaṇa in Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha Oxf. 247^a, by Vāgbhaṭa in Alaṃkāratilaka, and many other writers.
—[commentary] H. 173. Oppert. 5932 (Dīpikā).
—[commentary] Udāharaṇadarpaṇa. Rādh. 47.
—[commentary] Uddyota. Np. V, 126.
—[commentary] Kāvyanaukā. Rādh. 41.
—[commentary] Bṛhaddīpikā. Oppert. 1417.
—[commentary] by Kamalākara. Io. 361. K. 100. Rādh. 20. Taylor. 1, 5.
—[commentary] Madhurasā by Kṛṣṇa Dvivedin. Kāśin. 20.
—[commentary] by Kṛṣṇamitrācārya. Oudh. Viii, 12.
—[commentary] by Gadādhara. L. 1527.
—[commentary] Sumanoharā by Gopīnātha. K. 106.
—[commentary] Kāvyapradīpa (q. v.) by Govinda.
—[commentary] by Caṇḍīdāsa. Io. 491. Oxf. 214^b.
—[commentary] Kāvyaprakāśarahasyaprakāśa by Jagadīśa Tarkapañcānana. L. 1651.
—[commentary] Ślokadīpikā by Janārdana. K. 106.
—[commentary] Jayantī, composed in 1293, by Jayanta. B. 3, 48. Report. Xvi. Peters. 2, 16. 190. Bp. 17. 326.
—[commentary] Tilaka by Jayarāma Pañcānana. Io. 1514. K. 100. Ben. 34. 35. NW. 602. Oudh. X, 10. Np. 1, 56. Bhr. 207. Peters. 2, 21.
—[commentary] by Daṇḍin (?). Rādh. 45.
—[commentary] Kāvyakaumudī by Devanātha Tarkapañcānana. Rādh. 41. Lahore. 8. Oppert. 7900. Peters. 3, 394.
—[commentary] by Narahari. L. 2634.
—[commentary] Padavṛtti by Nāgarāja Keśava. K. 102.
—[commentary] by Nārāyaṇa. B. 3, 48.
—[commentary] by Nṛsiṃha Ṭhakkura. Bl. 6.
—[commentary] Vistārikā by Paramānanda Cakravartin. L. 1638. K. 104. B. 3, 48. Bhr. 208. Peters. 2, 22.
—[commentary] by Bhānucandra. Bp. 17.
—[commentary] Sāhityadīpikā by Bhāskaramiśra. L. 1685. Rādh. 21. Lahore. 8.
—[commentary] Sudhāsāgara by Bhīmasena. K. 106. [Oudh 1876-1877], Io. Viii, 12. Lahore. 8. Peters. 1, 26 (Sukhodadhi). Bp. 265 (Bhīma).
—[commentary] Kāvyadarpaṇa by Madhumatigaṇeśa. B. 3, 48.
—[commentary] Bhāvārthacintāmaṇi or Kāvyaprakāśādarśa by Maheśvara Bhaṭṭācārya. Io. 74. W. p. 227. L. 1526. K. 102. NW. 602. Oudh. Viii, 10. Np. I, 56. Iii, 88. Burnell. 55^a. Peters. 3, 394. Sb. 300.
—[commentary] Saṃketa by Māṇikyacandra. K. 106. B. 3, 48. Lahore. 8. Peters. 3, 19^a. 320.
—[commentary] Sārasamuccaya by Ratnakaṇṭha. Peters. 2, 16.
—[commentary] by Ratneśvara. Mentioned Oxf. 209^a.
—[commentary] Madhumatī by Ravi, son of Ratnapāṇi. Peters. 3, 20^a. 332.
—[commentary] Bhāvārtha by Rāmakṛṣṇa. L. 1157.
—[commentary] Kāvyaprakāśarahasyaprakāśa by Rāmanātha Vidyāvācaspati. L. 321.
—[commentary] Sāhityacūḍāmaṇi by Lauhityabhaṭṭagopāla. Burnell. 54^b.
—[commentary] Sārabodhinī by Vatsavarman. L. 1432 (Vatsaśarman). Report. Xvi. Rādh. 41. Lahore. 8 (Vatsaśarman). Peters. 2, 17. See Śrīvatsalāñchana.
—[commentary] Sampradāyaprakāśinī by Vidyācakravartin. Burnell. 55^a. Taylor. 1, 3.
—[commentary] by Vidyāraṇya (?). Rice. 282.
—[commentary] Subodhinī by Veṅkaṭācala Sūri. Lahore. 8.
—[commentary] Udāharaṇacandrikā by Vaidyanātha. [Mackenzie Collection] 115. K. 98. B. 3, 44. Ben. 38. 39. Kāṭm. 14. Pheh. 14. Rādh. 41. Oudh. Xv, 62. Np. Ix, 14. Rice. 280. Peters. 2, 108.
—[commentary] Prabhā by Vaidyanātha. K. 102. See Kāvyapradīpa.
—[commentary] by Śivanārāyaṇa. W. p. 227.
—[commentary] Viṣamapadī by Śivarāma. K. 104.
—[commentary] Kāvyaprakāśaviveka by Śrīdhara Sāṃdhivigrahika. NW. 602. Sūcīpattra. 14. Quoted by Caṇḍīdāsa.
—[commentary] Sārabodhinī by Śrīvatsalāñchana. Io. 436. 607. 1723. K. 106. B. 3, 48. Rādh. 20. Oudh. Xviii, 34. Np. Ii, 120. X, 18. Bl. 6. Bhr. 209. Peters. 2, 190. See Vatsavarman.
—[commentary] by Sarasvatītīrtha. Io. 189. K. 98. B. 3, 48. Peters. 1, 114.
—[commentary] by Someśvara, the author of the Kīrtikaumudī. Monatsber. Berl. Akad. 1874, 282. Kāvyaprakāśanidarśana by Rājānaka Ānandakavi. L. 1825. Report. Xvi. Peters. 1, 114. 2, 15. Kāvyaprakāśasaṃketa by Rucaka. Report. Xvi. Rādh. 21. 46 (and—[commentary]). H. 174. Peters. 2, 13. Kāvyaprakāśasāra by Rāmacandra. [Oudh 1876-1877], 10.

3) Kāvyaprakāśa (काव्यप्रकाश):—by Mammaṭa. add L. 1681. read Io. 1419. Kārikāvalī. add Io. 1927. 2098.
—[commentary] Udāharaṇavivaraṇa. Io. 3079.
—[commentary] by Kamalākara. add B. 3, 46.
—[commentary] by Kṛṣṇa. read Madhurarasā.
—[commentary] by Gopīnātha. read Sumanomanoharā.
—[commentary] by Jayarāma. add Rice. 284.
—[commentary] by Narahari. This was the secular name of Sarasvatītīrtha. add Io. 1604. Bl. 6. Peters. 1, 25.
—[commentary] by Bhāskaramiśra. read L. 1681.
—[commentary] Kāvyaprakāśadarpaṇa by Manodhara. L. 3169.
—[commentary] by Maheśvara. add L. 1107. Oppert. 6634. read Io. 74 A. Oudh. Viii, 12.
—[commentary] Sārabodhinī by Vatsavarman (Report. Xvi). The name of the author is Śrīvatsalāñchana (q. v.) or Śrīvatsavarman.
—[commentary] by Vaidyanātha. Io. 943. read Kāṭm. 8.

4) Kāvyaprakāśa (काव्यप्रकाश):—by Mammaṭa. [Bhau Dāji Memorial] 14. Bl. 135. Gb. 102. 103. Peters. 4, 25. Rgb. 537. Stein 59. Kārikāḥ Fl. 466. Peters. 4, 25. Rgb. 523. 524.
—[commentary] Peters. 4, 25. Stein 60 (inc.). 61 (9. 10).
—[commentary] by Kamalākara. Bl. 135.
—[commentary] by Gopāla Bhaṭṭa. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 18.
—[commentary] Ślokadīpikā by Govinda Ṭhakkura. Stein 60 (1-9). 269.
—[commentary] Ślokadīpikā by Janārdana. Stein 61 (inc.).
—[commentary] Jayantī by Jayanta. Rgb. 522.
—[commentary] Tilaka by Jayarāma. Bl. 136. Oudh. Xx, 96 (Rahasyadīpikā).
—[commentary] Kāvyakaumudī by Devanātha. Stein 59 (4-7).
—[commentary] by Narahari i. e. Sarasvatītīrtha.
—[commentary] Udāharaṇapradīpa by Nāgeśa. Stein 59. 268.
—[commentary] Narasiṃhamanīṣā by Nṛsiṃha Ṭhakkura. Stein 60 (4-7).
—[commentary] by Paṇḍitarāja. Stein 60. 269 (1. 2).
—[commentary] Vistārikā by Paramānanda Cakravartin. Stein 60.
—[commentary] by Bāladeva. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 18.
—[commentary] Kāvyaprakāśakārikāvyākhyā by Bharata. Oudh. Xx, 94.
—[commentary] by Bhavadeva. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 18.
—[commentary] Sāhityadīpikā by Bhāskaramiśra. Bl. 308.
—[commentary] Sudhāsāgara or Sudhodadhi by Bhīmasena. Bl. 161.
—[commentary] Kāvyaprakāśādarśa by Maheśvara. Stein 59 (inc.).
—[commentary] Saṃketa by Māṇikyacandra. [Bhau Dāji Memorial] 59. 122.
—[commentary] Kārikārthaprakāśikā by Raghudeva. L. 4242 (only nearly up to the end of the second Ullāsa).
—[commentary] Madhumatī by Ravi. Stein 60 (2-4).
—[commentary] by Rājānanda. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 18.
—[commentary] by Rāmakṛṣṇa. L. 4123 (here called Kavinandikā).
—[commentary] Udāharaṇacandrikā by Vaidyanātha. Oudh. Xxi, 76. Stein 59.
—[commentary] Sārabodhinī by Śrīvatsalāñchana. Oudh. Xxi, 78. Xxii, 72. Peters. 4, 25.
—[commentary] by Sarasvatītīrtha, with the secular name Narahari. Oudh. Xx, 94. 96. Rgb. 521.
—[commentary] by Someśvara. [Bhau Dāji Memorial] 14.
—[commentary] Kāvyaprakāśanidarśana by Rājānaka Ānandakavi. Stein 60. Kāvyaprakāśasaṃketa by Rucaka. Stein 61. Kāvyaprakāśodāharaṇavyākhyā. Stein 61 (10). Laghukāvyaprakāśa and—[commentary]. Peters. 4, 29 (1-4).

5) Kāvyaprakāśa (काव्यप्रकाश):—by Mammaṭa. Hz. 275 (and—[commentary]). 578.
—[commentary] by Kamalākara, son of Rāmakṛṣṇa. Ulwar 1041.
—[commentary] Tilaka by Jayarāma Pañcānana. Ulwar 1039.
—[commentary] Kāvyaprakāśādarśa or Bhāvārthacintāmaṇi by Maheśvara Nyāyālaṃkāra Bhaṭṭācārya. Ulwar 1043.
—[commentary] Sārasamuccaya by Ratnakaṇṭha. Ulwar 1042.
—[commentary] Udāharaṇacandrikā by Vaidyanātha, son of Rāmacandra, grandson of Viṭṭhala. Ulwar 1044.
—[commentary] Sārabodhinī by Śrīvatsalāñchana. Ulwar 1040.

6) Kāvyaprakāśa (काव्यप्रकाश):—by Mammaṭa. Ak 693. 695 (till 7, 4). As p. 43. L.. 817. 818. Peters. 6, 372 (and ṭippanaka). Tb. 132. Whish 127, 1 (and C.). Kāvyaprakāśakārikāḥ. Ak 694. C. by Guṇaratnagaṇi. Ak 695 (till 7, 4). C. by Gopāla Bhaṭṭa. Quoted in Kāvyālaṃkārakāmadhenu 1, 1. 2. 3, 16. C. Vistārikā by Paramānanda Cakravartin. Hpr. 1, 64 (up to second Ullāsa). C. Kāvyaprakāśādarśa by Maheśvara. As p. 43. C. Kāvyādarśa by Someśvara. Peters. 5 p. 52 (Ullāsa 4-6).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kāvyaprakāśa (काव्यप्रकाश):—[=kāvya-prakāśa] [from kāvya] m. ‘illustration of poetry’, Name of a work on rhetoric or the composition of artificial poems by Mammaṭa

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