Encyclopedia of Literature, Volume 1Joseph Twadell Shipley "This is the first collection of surveys of the literature of the world." -- Preface volume 1. |
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... metres : Sanskrit has the sloka ; Prakrit has the gāthā ; and Apabraṁśa , the dohā . Many dohās are quoted by Hemacandra in his grammar . The Apabhramsa metres , with their rhymes and ghattā , have such a fascinating ring about them ...
... metres : Sanskrit has the sloka ; Prakrit has the gāthā ; and Apabraṁśa , the dohā . Many dohās are quoted by Hemacandra in his grammar . The Apabhramsa metres , with their rhymes and ghattā , have such a fascinating ring about them ...
Page 536
... metres . In the other two , verses in Sanskrit metres are interspersed with verses in Malay- alam metres . In the first of these latter two , we find some rhythmic prose also . The literary language of that time is termed " Mani ...
... metres . In the other two , verses in Sanskrit metres are interspersed with verses in Malay- alam metres . In the first of these latter two , we find some rhythmic prose also . The literary language of that time is termed " Mani ...
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... metres . The Malayalam rendering of the tenth Book of the Bhagavata Purāna was by a Malabar Brahmin poet whose house name is now accepted as Cerusseri ( ca. 1400 ) . The Malayalam rendering ( not later than mid 16th c . ) of the ...
... metres . The Malayalam rendering of the tenth Book of the Bhagavata Purāna was by a Malabar Brahmin poet whose house name is now accepted as Cerusseri ( ca. 1400 ) . The Malayalam rendering ( not later than mid 16th c . ) of the ...
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