INDIAN HISTORY

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Who wrote the “Kumara Sambavam”
A
Kambar
B
Seikkilas
C
Kalidas
D
None of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Kumarasambhava, (Sanskrit: “Birth of Kumara”) epic poem by Kalidasa written in the 5th century ce.

Detailed explanation-2: -The greatest long poem in classical Sanskrit by the greatest poet of the language, Kumarasambhavam, celebrates the love story of Siva and Parvati. The Kumarasambhavam has come to us in the form of eight sargas out of the seventeen sargas found in some manuscripts.

Detailed explanation-3: -The epic Raghuvamsa begins with the sloka vagarThaaviva samprkthou, containins the word ‘vaak. ‘The other one Meghadhutha which begins with the words ‘kaSchith kaanthaavirahaguruNaa’ has the word kaSchith and this one Kumarasambhava begins with the word ‘asthi.

Detailed explanation-4: -DAVID SMITH’S TRANSLATION OF KUMARA SAMBHAVA Here, Brahma tells the gods that only a son of Shiva and Paarvati can defeat the demon.

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