TY - BOOK AU - Nigam.J.P. TI - Kshemendra sahitya me pratimimbita bharat SN - 8186339450 U1 - 891.21009 N56 K PY - 2000/// CY - Delhi PB - Eastern book linkers KW - Kᚣemendra N1 - Kshemendra was born into an old, cultured, and affluent family. His father was Prakashendra, a descendant of Narendra who was the minister to Jayapida. Both his education and literary output were broad and varied. He studied literature under "the foremost teacher of his time, the celebrated Shaiva philosopher and literary exponent Abhinavagupta".Kshemendra was born a Shaiva, but later became a Vaishnava. He studied and wrote about both Vaishnavism and Buddhism; Sthitikala, Janma sthan, Vamsha tatha jati ER -