The Sanskrit term Śṛṅgāramañjarīkathā can be transliterated into English as Srngaramanjarikatha or Shringaramanjarikatha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Kavya (poetry)

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Śṛṅgāramañjarīkathā (शृङ्गारमञ्जरीकथा) (lit. “Stories for Śṛṅgāramañjarī”) is the name of a medieval story-book attributed to the famous Paramāra king Bhoja of Dhārā (ca. 1000–1055 CE).—The storybook, very likely composed by a court poet rather than the king him-self, begins with King Bhoja, seated on a throne in his palace garden, surrounded by his intimates and well-wishers. He is importuned by his courtiers to tell them a story, not one of the well-known traditional stories but a new unprecedented one. He responds by commencing a tale that he says will take place in contemporary times in the very town where they reside, the peer-less city of Dhārā. The king’s favorite courtesan, the beautiful and cultured Śrṅgāramañjarī (lit. “Bouquet of Love”), is in need of a final set of lessons on the character of different types of men, a task undertaken by the “mother” of the royal entourage, through the narration of thirteen small stories.

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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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Partial matches: Shringaramanjari, Katha, Katta, Kata.

Full-text: Yantra, Jalashilpa, Shringaramanjari, Dhara, Yantraputraka, Puttalika, Dharagriha, Putrika, Yantradharagriha.

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