Bhaṭṭikāvya
Sign in to save'''''''''' (; "Bhatti's Poem") is a Sanskrit-language poem dating from the 7th century CE, in the formal genre of the "great poem" (mahākāvya). It focuses on two deeply rooted Sanskrit traditions, the Ramayana and Panini's grammar, while incorporating numerous other traditions, in a rich mix of science and art, poetically retelling the adventures of Rama and a compendium of examples of grammar and rhetoric. As literature, it is often considered to withstand comparison with the best of Sanskrit poetry.
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29 sectionsContents
- The author
- The form of the poem
- Purpose and content
- The {{IAST|Bhaṭṭikāvya and Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī}}, 'Eight Books'
- The Structure of the Text
- The ''{{IAST|Bhaṭṭikāvya}}'' as a pedagogic text
- {{IAST|Prakīrṇa Khaṇḍa}} “Diverse Rules”
- {{IAST|Adhikāra Khaṇḍa}} "The Illustration of Particular Topics"
- {{IAST|Prasanna Khaṇḍa}}, "The Charms of Poetry", figures of speech, ''{{IAST|guṇa}}'', ''rasa'', Prakrit
- {{IAST|Tiṅanta Khaṇḍa}} "The Illustration of [[Finite verb|Finite Verb]] Forms"
- Grammar
- {{IAST|Prakīrṇa Khaṇḍa}} “Diverse Rules”
- {{IAST|Adhikāra Khaṇḍa}} "The Illustration of Particular Topics"
- How does “{{IAST|Bhaṭṭi}}’s Poem” illustrate {{IAST|Pāṇinian}} grammar?
- {{IAST|Tiṅanta Khaṇḍa}} "The Illustration of Finite Verbs"
- Relation to grammatical tradition ({{IAST|Vyākaraṇa}})
- Poetics
- Canto 10: the figures of speech
- Cantos 11 and 12: ''{{IAST|guṇa}}'' and ''rasa''
- Simultaneous Prakrit and Sanskrit "{{IAST|bhāṣāsama}}": Canto 13
- Morphology
- Influence beyond India
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Editions
- Translations
- Secondary Literature
- External links
'''''''''' (; "Bhatti's Poem") is a Sanskrit-language poem dating from the 7th century CE, in the formal genre of the "great poem" (mahākāvya). It focuses on two deeply rooted Sanskrit traditions, the Ramayana and Panini's grammar, while incorporating numerous other traditions, in a rich mix of science and art, poetically retelling the adventures of Rama and a compendium of examples of grammar and rhetoric. As literature, it is often considered to withstand comparison with the best of Sanskrit poetry.
The ' also has ' ("The Death of ") as an alternative title. It is improbable that this was the original title as Ravana's death is only one short episode in the whole poem. It may have acquired this title to distinguish it from other works concerning themselves with the deeds of .