INDIAN HISTORY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who worte “Kiratarjuniyam"?
A
Bhas
B
Bhavabhuti
C
Bhartruhari
D
Bharavi
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Bharavi, (flourished 6th century ad), Sanskrit poet who was the author of Kiratarjuniya (“Arjuna and the Mountain Man”), one of the classical Sanskrit epics classified as a mahakavya (“great poem”).

Detailed explanation-2: -Kiratarjuniya was written by Bharavi. It was written in the 6th century AD. Bharavi mark about Mahabharata theme in his book. He belongs to South during the reign of Pallava dynasty.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dandin and Bharavi were the two court poets of Pallava dynasty. Dandin was a grammarian and wrote romantic prose and Bharavi was a Sanskrit poet known for his great work Kiratarjuniya based on Mahabharata.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bharavi’s only known work is Kirātārjunīya, an eighteen canto epic poem, the story for which comes from the Mahābhārata. Kirātārjunīya “is regarded to be the most powerful poem in the Sanskrit language".

Detailed explanation-5: -The Kirtan Ghosha (Assamese: [kiɹ. tɔn. ɡʱʊ. xa]) is a collection of poetical works, primarily composed by the medieval saint Srimanta Sankardev in the Brajavali language.

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