kavya
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Hindu critics class the poem with The Dynasty of Raghu and The Birth of the War-god as a kavya, or learned epic.
From Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works by Kalidasa
The kavya is a narrative poem written in a sophisticated age by a learned poet, who possesses all the resources of an elaborate rhetoric and metric.
From Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works by Kalidasa
The Hindu name kavya has been rendered by artificial epic, épopée savante, Kunstgedicht.
From Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works by Kalidasa
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