Kavyapurusha, Kāvyapuruṣa, Kavya-purusha: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Kāvyapuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Kavyapurusa or Kavyapurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyamimamsa of RajasekharaKāvyapuruṣa (काव्यपुरुष) is the name of an important person (viz., an Ācārya or Kavi) mentioned in Rājaśekhara’s 10th-century Kāvyamīmāṃsā.—He is the legendary son of Sarasvatī (goddess of learning) and propagator of Kāvya-vidyā. He also has known as by the name Sārasvateya. In the third chapter of Kāvyamīmāṃsā, Rājaśekhara says that, Brahmā created Kāvyapuruṣa in the beginning of his creation.
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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Partial matches: Purusha, Kavya.
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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 2.6 - Marriage of Kāvya-puruṣa with Sāhitya-vidyā-vadhū < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Part 23 - The story of kāvya-puruṣa by Rājaśekhara < [Chapter 2 - A General Outlines of Sanskrit Poetics]
Part 2.1 - Genesis of Kāvya-puruṣa and metrical composition < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 108 < [Volume 22 (1918)]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
11: Alaṃkāra-śāstra according to Rājaśekhara (11th century) < [Chapter 2 - The concept of alaṃkāra in Sanskrit Poetics]
25: Alaṃkāra-śāstra according to Kavikarṇapūra (16th Century) < [Chapter 2 - The concept of alaṃkāra in Sanskrit Poetics]
Alankara Sastra (English study) (by V. Raghavan)