Kshemendra (IAST: Kṣemendra; c. 990 – c. 1070 CE) was an 11th-century Sanskrit polymath-poet, satirist, philosopher, historian, dramatist, translator and...
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adopted the story with some changes from the Bodhisattvāvadānakalpalatā by Kshemendra, the 10th-11th century Kashmiri poet. In Transmission of Light, Keizan...
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11th century by Somadeva, and also from the Bṛhatkathā by Kshemendra. Both Somadeva and Kshemendra were from Kashmir where the Bṛhatkathā was said to be popular...
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Courtesan's Keeper) is a satire written by the 11th-century Kashmiri poet Kshemendra. Originally written in Sanskrit, the work has since been translated into...
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चारुचर्या) is a collection of ethical verses by Kashmirian writer called Kshemendra of eleventh century. Technically referred to as 'didactic poets', the...
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(caste or clan). Similarly, the term Kayastha is used in the works of Kshemendra, Kalhana and Bilhana to refer to members of bureaucracy varying from Gṛhakṛtyamahattama...
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of Nandi or Nandikeshvara. (1000) Vâtsyâyanasûtrasara, by the Kashmiri Kshemendra: eleventh-century commentary on the Kama Sutra Kâmashâstra, by Auddalaki...
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The Courtesan’s Keeper - Samaya Matrika of Kshemendra (2008) Three Satires from Ancient Kashmir of Kshemendra (2011) Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra (2011) The...
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consistent than the Buddhist version of the legend. Brihatkatha-Manjari by Kshemendra and Kathasaritsagara by Somadeva are two 11th-century Kashmiri Sanskrit...
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ninth-early tenth century) Kāvyamīmāṃsā, Dashavatara-charita (1066 CE) by Kshemendra and Siddhahemasabdanusana by Hemachandra (c. 1088–1172). In most of these...
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pleaded for mercy for the empress, but Ashoka had her executed anyway. Kshemendra's Avadana-kalpa-lata also narrates this legend, but seeks to improve Ashoka's...
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lovely city of Ujjain?'. The Brihatkathamanjari of the Kashmiri writer Kshemendra states, King Vikramaditya (Chandragupta II) had "unburdened the sacred...
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available are its two Kashmiri Sanskrit recensions, the Brihatkathamanjari by Kshemendra and the Kathasaritsagara by Somadeva. Guṇāḍhya could have flourished during...
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with the male sexual organ; the 11th-century Kashmir text Narmamala by Kshemendra on satire and fiction writing explains his ideas on parallelism with divine...
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Vakulabhushana Kālidāsa Kumaradasa Kilimanoor Raja Raja Varma Koithampuran Kshemendra Kuntaka Kavikalanidhi Devarshi Shrikrishna Bhatt Bhavabhuti Kesiraja Lilasuka...
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extant, but three adaptations exist in Sanskrit: Brhatkathamanjari by Kshemendra, Kathasaritsagara by Somadeva, and Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha by Budhasvamin...
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legends in Vishakhadatta's Mudrarakshasa, Somadeva's Kathasaritsagara and Kshemendra's Brihatkathamanjari. Buddhist sources are those dated in fourth-century...
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Kshemendra Viramitra Divetia (1 October 1924 – 30 July 2009) was Indian music composer and singer from Gujarat, India. He composed music for Gujarati language...
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Kambaramayanam, Erezhupathu, Silaiezhupathu, Kangai Puranam, Sarasvati Anthati Kshemendra Brihat-Katha-Manjari, Ramayana-manjari Kundakunda Samayasāra, Niyamasara...
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series consisting of 52 episodes, based on the 11th-century Kashmiri poet Kshemendra's work of the same. Murthy appeared in the role of a Mantrik in the series...
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as a member of the Nanda family. For example, the 11th century writers Kshemendra and Somadeva describe Chandragupta as a "son of the genuine Nanda" (purva-Nanda-suta)...
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He was also known for his poetic skills, and the 11th-century writer Kshemendra describes him as a great poet. He apparently wrote a set of two works...
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humiliation. In this debate, Vasubandhu defeated 100 non-Buddhist scholars. Kshemendra's Brihatkathamanjari and Somadeva's 11th-century Kathasaritsagara, both...
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or the Kashmiri lunar new year is also an important Pandit festival. Kshemendra's detailed records from the eleventh century describe many items of which...
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include Mammaṭa's (11th century) Kāvyaprakāśa, the writings on poetics by Kshemendra, Hemacandra's Kavyanusasana, Vagbhata's Vagbhatalankara, and Rupa Gosvamin's...
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Kāvyamimāṃsa (10th century), Bhoja's Sringara Prakasa (11th century) and Kshemendra's Auchitya-Vichara-Charcha (11th century) mention that Vikramaditya sent...
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works, the Kavyamimamsa of Rajashekhara and the Auchityavicharacharcha of Kshemendra. One of the primary purposes of this embassy seems to have been to negotiate...
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Salman Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories. Poetry portal Hitopadesa Kshemendra One Thousand and One Nights Penzer 1924 Vol I, p xxxi. J. S. Speyer, Studies...
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Māgha's fame rests entirely on the Shishupala Vadha. Vallabhadeva and Kshemendra quote some verses that are not found in the Shishupala Vadha as that of...
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century AD), Bhallata (10th century AD), Somadeva Bhatta (11th century AD), Kshemendra (11th century AD), Kalhana (12th century AD) are considered to be treasures...
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