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Mahākāvya (lit.
great kāvya,
court epic), also
known as sargabandha, is a
genre of
Indian epic
poetry in
classical Sanskrit. The
genre is characterised...
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Hammira Mahakavya (IAST: Hammīra-
Mahākāvya) is a 15th-century
Indian Sanskrit epic poem
written by the Jain
scholar Nayachandra Suri. It is a legendary...
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important feature of
mahākāvya (Long poems) is that they are
divided into
chapters or
cantos (sargas).
Fully versified Mahākāvyas (called sargabandhas)...
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Recognition of Śa****alā, and
other dramas of Kālidāsa (c. 5th century CE) and
Mahākāvya poetry. In
Tamil literature, the
Sangam literature (c. 600 BCE – c. 300 BCE)...
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several texts composed after his
death including Nayachandra Suri's
Hammira Mahakavya, Jodharaja's
Hammira Raso, and Chandrashekhara's Hammira-Hatha. Hammiradeva...
- by
Hindu and Jain authors.
These include Prithviraja Vijaya,
Hammira Mahakavya and
Prithviraj Raso.
These texts contain eulogistic descriptions, and...
- army (100,000-strong,
according to
Hammira Mahakavya) to
conquer Ranthambore.
According to the
Hammira Mahakavya, the
Delhi army
marched to Ranthambore,...
- Raghuvaṃśa and Kumārasambhava.
These two
epics are
traditionally known as
mahākāvya "great epics".
Other writers of
great epics were Bhāravi (6th century...
- in Pandalam, and
belonged to the
Pandalam Royal Family. He
wrote two
mahakavyas, more than a
hundred narrative poems, translations, and children's poetry...
- and the Epic of King Gesar. A
Sanskrit analogue to the epic poem is the
mahākāvya.[citation needed]
While the
composition of epic poetry, and of long poems...
