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Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Trikūṭapatākā (त्रिकूटपताका) is the name of a Vidyādhara city situated on the Trikūṭa mountain, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 46. Accordingly, as Prahasta said to the Asura Maya and Sūryaprabha, after returning from the court of Śrutaśarman, “I went rapidly hence to the city named Trikūṭapatākā, situated on the mountain Trikūṭa, built of gold. And being introduced by the doorkeeper, I entered, and beheld Śrutaśarman surrounded by various Vidyādhara kings, by his father Trikūṭasena, and also by Vikramaśakti and Dhurandhara and other heroes, Dāmodara among them”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Trikūṭapatākā, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

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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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Full-text: Trikuta, Trikutasena, Dhurandhara, Vikramashakti.

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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

Chapter XLVI < [Book VIII - Sūryaprabha]

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