Kāvyādarśa
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Kāvyādarśa is a foundational Sanskrit treatise on poetics by Daṇḍin, renowned for systematically outlining the principles and ornaments of classical Indian literary aesthetics.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kavyadarsa | 1 |
| Kāvyādarśa canonical | 1 |
| Kāvyādarśa (Daṇḍin) | 1 |
| काव्यादर्श | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5181941 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kāvyādarśa Context triple: [Dhvanyāloka, relatedWork, Kāvyādarśa]
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A.
Mangalkavya
Mangalkavya is a genre of medieval Bengali narrative poetry that glorifies specific deities and blends religious devotion with local folklore and social themes.
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B.
Kavitrayam
Kavitrayam refers to the celebrated trio of Telugu poet-scholars who collaboratively translated and shaped the Telugu version of the Mahabharata, profoundly influencing Telugu literature.
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C.
Maithil Kavi Kokil
Maithil Kavi Kokil is an honorific epithet of the medieval poet Vidyapati, celebrating him as the “cuckoo of Maithili poetry” for his melodious and influential lyrical works.
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D.
Saundarya Lahari
Saundarya Lahari is a revered Sanskrit devotional and philosophical poem in Hinduism that celebrates the divine feminine, particularly the goddess Tripura Sundari, through intricate metaphysical and tantric imagery.
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E.
Yuktidīpikā
Yuktidīpikā is an important early commentary on the Sāṃkhya Kārikā that offers detailed philosophical analysis and defense of classical Sāṃkhya thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kāvyādarśa Target entity description: Kāvyādarśa is a foundational Sanskrit treatise on poetics by Daṇḍin, renowned for systematically outlining the principles and ornaments of classical Indian literary aesthetics.
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A.
Mangalkavya
Mangalkavya is a genre of medieval Bengali narrative poetry that glorifies specific deities and blends religious devotion with local folklore and social themes.
-
B.
Kavitrayam
Kavitrayam refers to the celebrated trio of Telugu poet-scholars who collaboratively translated and shaped the Telugu version of the Mahabharata, profoundly influencing Telugu literature.
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C.
Maithil Kavi Kokil
Maithil Kavi Kokil is an honorific epithet of the medieval poet Vidyapati, celebrating him as the “cuckoo of Maithili poetry” for his melodious and influential lyrical works.
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D.
Saundarya Lahari
Saundarya Lahari is a revered Sanskrit devotional and philosophical poem in Hinduism that celebrates the divine feminine, particularly the goddess Tripura Sundari, through intricate metaphysical and tantric imagery.
-
E.
Yuktidīpikā
Yuktidīpikā is an important early commentary on the Sāṃkhya Kārikā that offers detailed philosophical analysis and defense of classical Sāṃkhya thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sanskrit treatise
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literary criticism text ⓘ work on poetics ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
classify poetic devices
ⓘ
define good poetry ⓘ provide norms for composition ⓘ |
| alternativeTransliteration |
Kavyadarsa
ⓘ
linked to:
Kāvyādarśa
|
| associatedWith | Daṇḍin’s critical school ⓘ |
| author | Daṇḍin ⓘ |
| belongsTo | kāvya-śāstra tradition ⓘ |
| circulatedIn |
India
ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ other parts of South and Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | later rasa-centered poetics ⓘ |
| describes |
alaṅkāra (ornaments of poetry)
ⓘ
doṣa (faults of style) ⓘ guṇa (merits of style) ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
formal features of poetry
ⓘ
ornamental aspects of style ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
aesthetic principles of kāvya
ⓘ
figures of speech ⓘ poetic ornaments ⓘ rhetorical devices ⓘ theory of poetry ⓘ |
| genre | śāstra (theoretical treatise) ⓘ |
| hasCommentaries | multiple traditional commentaries ⓘ |
| hasForm | metrical Sanskrit prose and verse ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Sanskrit poetics
ⓘ
medieval Indian literary theory ⓘ |
| isRegardedAs |
foundational text of Sanskrit poetics
ⓘ
systematic exposition of kāvya theory ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| period | early medieval India ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | South Asia ⓘ |
| structure | multiple chapters ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Indology
ⓘ
Sanskrit studies ⓘ comparative literature ⓘ |
| subject |
Sanskrit literature
ⓘ
literary aesthetics ⓘ poetics ⓘ |
| titleInSanskrit |
काव्यादर्श
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linked to:
Kāvyādarśa
|
| tradition | classical Indian poetics ⓘ |
| usedAs | textbook for traditional Sanskrit education ⓘ |
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Subject: Kāvyādarśa Description of subject: Kāvyādarśa is a foundational Sanskrit treatise on poetics by Daṇḍin, renowned for systematically outlining the principles and ornaments of classical Indian literary aesthetics.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kāvyādarśa
linked to: Kāvyādarśa
subject linked to:
Alaṅkāraśāstra (Sanskrit poetics)
linked to: Kāvyādarśa