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Kavya (poetry)

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Pukvasaka (पुक्वसक) is the name of a carpenter as mentioned in the 9th century Budhasvāmin’s Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha (fifth canto).—[...] A Brahmin tells the story of a certain carpenter of King Mahāsena by the name of Pukvasaka, who once accompanied the king’s entourage to Saurashtra, where he was so impressed by the skills of a young artisan by the name of Viśvila that he arranged the young man’s marriage to his daughter, Ratnāvalī, before returning home. Sometime later, Viśvila arrived at Pukvasaka’s home and was married to Ratnāvalī, with whom he fell deeply in love. Almost immediately Viśvila created incredible objects, like special wooden rice kernels that never softened but produced nutritious froth that a man could live on and cooking utensils that prolonged life and prevented disease—all in the manner of the Yavanas.

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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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