Naiṣadhacarita
poem by Śrīharṣa
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place in Sanskrit literature
- In South Asian arts: The mahākāvya
Less artificial is the Naiṣadhacarita (“The Life of Nala, King of Niṣadha”), written by the 12th-century poet Śrīharṣa and based on the story of Nala and Damayantī in the Mahābhārata. An example of another kind of excess indulged in by mahākāvya writers is the Rāmacarita (“Deeds of Rāma”), by…
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