Table Of Contents   What Is Aesthetics Or Alamakara Shastra? Sanskrit aesthetic theory (alamkara sastra) developed in Indi...

(late tenth century) Abhinavagupta was a major thinker in Kashmiri Saivism, and the son of scholar Narasimhagupta, who was his first tutor. ...

    Vinaya Patrika or a petition letter is a collection of 280 short poems written in the Braj Bhasha dialect by poet-saint Tulsidas (1...

      (early sixteenth century) One of the ashtachap , a group of eight bhakti (devotional) poets from northern India. The Pushti Marg, ...

  "River of Kings" is # Rajatarangini. Kalhana, a Kashmiri poet, wrote a historical chronicle of the rulers of Kashmir in poetry...

  The Tirruppavai is one of two volumes of poetry composed by the poet-saint Andal (9th century). Andal was the only woman among the Alvar...

The phrase technically means "intelligent man," although it's more usually used to refer to a "poet" or "bard...

  In Hindi poetry, a certain meter or beat pattern. The Kavitt meter is comprised of four lines of thirty-one syllables each, with the...

 (“related to kavis”) is an extremely lengthy meter that lends itself well to extensive descriptions using alliteration; the poet-saint Tu...

Secret Whispers of a Moonlit Sky Oh beautiful Moon.. Oh beautiful Star... By the waters of the Heavens,  By the air...

☽O☾ Lady Moon bright and serene, Lend us your blessings, Let your light surround us. Surround us Goddess, Surround ...