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100 _aNarayana
245 _aNaisadhiyacaritam of srimannarayana
_hSanskrit
250 _a1st ed
260 _aVaranasi
_bChowkhamba vidyabhavan
_c2012
300 _a998
490 _aVidyabhavan prachyavidya granthamala-84
500 _aNaishadha Charita, also known as Naishadhiya Charita (Naiṣadhīya-carita), is a poem in Sanskrit on the life of Nala, the king of Nishadha. Written by Sriharsha, it is considered one of the five mahakavyas (great epic poems) in the canon of Sanskrit literature. This mahakavya is divided into two parts – Purva and Uttara, each of them containing eleven cantos or divisions. Its story is that of Nala and Damayanti, the daughter of Bhima, the king of Vidarbha. This story is first related in the 3rd part of Vanaparva of the Mahabharata, where the treatment is different. The language of the Naishadha Charita is highly elaborate and polished, with continual play upon words and variety of metres.
650 _aNala (Hindu mythology)
650 _aDamayantī (Hindu mythology)
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