Bhamaha
Sign in to saveBhamaha (, ) () was a Sanskrit poetician believed to be contemporaneous with Daṇḍin. He is noted for writing a work called the Kavyalankara (, ) ("The ornaments of poetry"). For centuries, he was known only by reputation, until manuscripts of the Kāvyālaṃkāra came to the attention of scholars in the early 1900s.
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- Vararucipraṇītaḥ Prākr̥ta-prakāśaḥ
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Bhamaha (, ) () was a Sanskrit poetician believed to be contemporaneous with Daṇḍin. He is noted for writing a work called the Kavyalankara (, ) ("The ornaments of poetry"). For centuries, he was known only by reputation, until manuscripts of the Kāvyālaṃkāra came to the attention of scholars in the early 1900s.
==Biography== Bhamaha was apparently from Kashmir.
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