MahakavyaMahākāvya (lit. great kāvya, court epic), also known as sargabandha, is a genre of Indian epic poetry in Classical Sanskrit. The genre is characterised by ornate and elaborate descriptions of scenery, love, battles and so on — in short, everything that tests a poet's skill at description. Typical examples of mahākāvya are the Kumarasambhava and the Kiratarjuniya. It is considered the most prestigious form in the Sanskrit literature. The genre evolved from the earlier epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana.
PrâkritPrâkrit, parfois aussi francisé sous la forme pracrit (en प्राकृत, IAST : prākṛta ; de प्रकृति, pra-kṛti) est un terme qui désigne soit une langue indo-aryenne dérivée du sanskrit classique soit d'autres dialectes indo-aryens. Le mot lui-même a une définition assez souple, car il a parfois le sens de , contrastant ainsi avec la forme littéraire et religieuse du sanskrit; mais parfois, on peut aussi comprendre prâkrit comme signifiant « dérivé d'une langue originelle », c'est-à-dire, dérivé du sanskrit.
ShûdrakaShûdraka (शूद्रक) est un prince, poète et auteur dramatique indien ayant vécu avant le . On lui attribue le Mrichhhakatikâ (मृच्छकटिका) ou Le chariot de terre cuite, classique de la littérature sanskrite. Il s'agit d'une pièce en dix actes dont l'action se déroule à Ujjain et comporte de multiples rebondissements. Les personnages principaux sont Vasantasena, belle courtisane, Chârudatta, brahmane sans fortune, et Samsthanaka, prince cruel.
AiholeAihole (), also referred to as Aivalli, Ahivolal or Aryapura, is a historic site of ancient and medieval era Buddhist, Hindu and Jain monuments in Karnataka, India that dates from the sixth century through the twelfth century CE. Most of the surviving monuments at the site date from the 7th to 10th centuries. Located around an eponymous small village surrounded by farmlands and sandstone hills, Aihole is a major archaeological site featuring over one hundred and twenty stone and cave temples spread along the Malaprabha river valley, in Bagalakote district.
RatnavaliRatnavali (Precious Garland) is a Sanskrit drama about a beautiful princess named Ratnavali, and a great king named Udayana. It is attributed to the Indian emperor Harsha (606–648). It is a Natika in four acts. One of the first textual references to the celebration of Holi, the festival of Colours have been found in this text. Ratnāvalī subtitled (rajaparikatha) is also the title of a 3rd-century (?) Buddhist philosophical work by Nagarjuna, a discourse addressed to an Indian king (possibly a Satavahana monarch).
