Kavirahasya

Work
ID: 109580
Full name: Kavirahasya
Year: 960 c.
Site of composition: Malkhed
Language: Sanskrit
Discipline: Kāvya
Other discipline: Śāstrakāvya
Length: ~300 verses.
Alternative names: Kaviguhya
Name in local script: कविरहस्य, कविगुह्य
More facts:
  • The Kavirahasya is a versified lexicon verborum found in two recensions (274 and 299 verses).
  • Each stanza illustrating conjugated forms of similar verbal roots.
  • The text uses a range of classical metres seen in Sanskrit kāvya.
  • S.M.Tagore misidentifies the author of the Kavirahasya with Halāyudhabhaṭṭa (of the Śāṇḍilya gotra), a courtier of the Pāla king Lakṣmaṇasena (12th century CE).
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Suggested citation: Keerthi N. "Kavirahasya." Pandit. <panditproject.org/entity/109580/work>. Updated on March 05, 2021 09:31 pm IST.
Contributors: Naresh Keerthi
Attributed to: Premodern Kannada