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Bhamaha

Indian poet

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Born: 7th century
Birthplace: Kashmir Valley
Occupation: writer
, poet
Languages spoken, written or signed: Sanskrit

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Bhamaha was a Sanskrit poetician believed to be contemporaneous with Daṇḍin. He is noted for writing a work called the Kavyalankara. For centuries, he was known only by reputation, until manuscripts of the Kāvyālaṃkāra came to the attention of scholars in the early 1900s.

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Sex or gender: male
Floruit: 7th century sourcing circumstances: circa
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: worldwide

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