Vakroktipañcāśikā
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ID: 108724
Full name: Vakroktipañcāśikā
Year: 850 c.
Site of composition: Kashmir
Language: Sanskrit
Discipline: Kashmir Śaivism, Kāvya
Genre: Stotra
Length: 50 (+1) verses
Alternative names: Vakrokti‧varṇana
The Vakroktipañcāśikā is a literary hymn (stotra-kāvya) of 50 verses in the 19 syllable-per-line śārdūlavikrīḍita metre by Rājānaka Ratnākara. Couched as a witty exchange between Śiva and Pārvatī, it illustrates poetic misreading (vakrokti). This erudite poem has a commentary (ṭīkā) by the famous 11th century scholiast Vallabhadeva.
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