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Kalidasa’s Meghaduta (Cloud Messenger)

कश्चित् कान्ता विरहगुरुणा स्वाधिकारात्प्रमत्त​: शापेनास्तङ्गमितमहिमा वर्षभोग्येनभर्तु: । यक्षश्चके जनकतनयास्नानपुन्येनोदकेषु स्निग्धच्छायातरुषु वसतिं रामगिर्याश्रमेषु ॥ 1 अन्वय: कश्चित् यक्ष: स्वाधिकारात्प्रमत्त​: अस्तङ्गमितमहिमा भर्तु: शापेन वर्षभोग्येन कान्ताविरहगुरुणा   जनकतनयास्नानपुन्येन उदकेषु स्निग्धच्छायातरुषु रामगिर्याश्रमेषु वसतिं चक्रे Some Yaksha, negligent in own duty,  by curse i.e., banishment of a year by the Master (Kubera), fame destroyed, extremely pained by separation from lover,  under […]

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Kavyaprakasha

Introduction: The Sanskrit Literature is broadly classified in to two categories in terms of Lakshya (objective) and Lakshna (attribute): Kavyaprakasha (The Light of Poetry) was composed by Mammata in 12th Century CE. When he wrote, all the other theories were well established. It is a comprehensive work of earlier theories. He accepted all earlier theories […]

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Chandas -छन्दस् (Prosody)

Section I छन्दस् is a prosody, poetic metre. They are classified in to In this chapter we deal only with Prosody used in Literature i.e., Laukika. Composing poem in Chandas make it charming , rhythmic and easy to memorize. A poem or verse is usually divided in to four quarters (pada / पाद),  Chandas is […]