Rajashekhara
Rajasekhara may refer to: * Rama Rajasekhara/Cheraman Perumal "Nayanar" (''fl.'' 9th century), theologian, devotional poet and ruler from south India * Rajashekhara (Sanskrit poet) Rajashekhara (; ) was a Sanskrit poet, dramatist and critic. He was the court poet of the Gurjara Pratiharas. Rajashekhara wrote the ''Kāvyamīmāṃsā'' between 880 and 920 CE. The work is essentially a practical guide for poets that explai ... (''fl.'' 10th century), Sanskrit poet, dramatist and critic * Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (1949–2009), known as YSR, Indian politician See also * Rajasekhar (other) * S. Rajasekharan (born 1946), Indian literary critic and poet {{given name ...
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Rajashekhara (Sanskrit Poet)
Rajashekhara (; ) was a Sanskrit poet, dramatist and critic. He was the court poet of the Gurjara Pratiharas. Rajashekhara wrote the ''Kāvyamīmāṃsā'' between 880 and 920 CE. The work is essentially a practical guide for poets that explains the elements and composition of a good poem. He is most noted for the ''Kārpūramañjarī'', a play written in Maharashtri Prakrit. Rajashekhara wrote the play to please his wife, Avantisundarī, a woman of taste and accomplishment. Rajashekhara is perhaps the only ancient Indian poet to acknowledge a woman for her contributions to his literary career. Life In his ''Bālarāmāyaṇa'' and ''Kāvyamimāṃsā'', Rajashekhara referred himself by his family name ''Yāyāvara'' or ''Yāyāvarīya''. In ''Bālarāmāyaṇa'', he mentioned that his great grandfather Akalajalada belonged to Maharashtra. In the same work, he described his father Durduka as a ''Mahamantrin'' (minister) without providing any details. He mentioned in his works ...
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Rajasekhara (Chera King)
Rama Rajasekhara (''fl.'' 870/71 – c. 883/84 AD) was a Chera Perumal ruler of medieval Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ..., south India. Rajasekhara is usually identified by historians with Cheraman Perumal Nayanar, the venerated Shaivism, Shaiva (Nayanars, Nayanar) poet-musician of the Bhakti tradition. Rajasekhara presumably succeeded Sthanu Ravi Kulasekhara around 870 AD. "Tripuradahana" and "Saurikathodaya", Yamaka poems by Vasubhatta, were composed under the patronage of Rajasekhara. Two temple records, from Kurumattur, Areekode, Areacode and Thiruvatruvay, Vazhappally, mention king Rajasekhara. The former contain the only available "prasasti" of a Chera Perumal ruler of Kerala. Rama Rajasehara probably abdicated the throne toward the end of his re ...
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Rajasekhar (other)
Rajasekhar may refer to: * Rajasekhar (actor), Indian actor * Rajasekhar (director), Indian film director and producer See also * S. Rajasekar, Indian cinematographer, screenwriter, film director and actor * Rajashekhara (Sanskrit poet), a Sanskrit poet * S. Rajasekharan S Rajasekharan is an Indian literary critic and poetin the Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union ter ...