Rajashekhara (Sanskrit poet)
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OccupationsPoet, dramatist and critic
SpouseAvantisundari
FatherDurduka
Rajashekhara | |
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| Occupations | Poet, dramatist and critic |
| Spouse | Avantisundari |
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Rajashekhara (IAST: Rājaśekhara; fl. 10th century[1]) was a Maharashtri Prakrit and Sanskrit poet, dramatist and critic. He was the court poet of the Pratiharas of Kannauj.[2]
Rajashekhara wrote the Kāvyamīmāṃsā between 880 and 920 CE. The work is essentially a practical guide for poets that explains the elements and composition of a good poem. He is most noted for the Kārpūramañjarī, a play written in Maharashtri Prakrit.[3] Rajashekhara wrote the play to please his wife, Avantisundarī, a woman of taste and accomplishment. Rajashekhara is perhaps the only ancient Indian poet to acknowledge his wife for her contributions to his literary career.[1]
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