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Epic 28 works 18 poets

Poets: Abhinavagupta Aśvaghoṣa Bhaṭṭanāyaka Bhāsa Daṇḍī Dinnāga Halāyudha Hemacandra Kāḷidāsa Rājānaka Ruyyaka Trivikrama Bhaṭṭa Umāpatidhara Vasudeva Vādībhasiṁha Yādavaprākāśa Īśvaradatta Śrīharṣa Śrīvara

• Abhijñānaśākuntalaṁ by Kāḷidāsa
• Alaṅkārasūtra by Rājānaka Ruyyaka
• Avimārakam by Bhāsa
• Buddhacarita, the story of Buddha was a Mahākāvya written by Aśvaghoṣa. by Aśvaghoṣa
• Daśakumāracarita by Daṇḍī
• Dhūrtaviṭasaṁvāda by Īśvaradatta
• Gadyacintāmaṇi by Vādībhasiṁha
• Ghaṭakarparkulakavivṛti by Abhinavagupta
• Hṛdayadarpaṇa by Bhaṭṭanāyaka
• Kathākautukam by Śrīvara
• Kathāmukhaṭīkā by Abhinavagupta
• Kavirahasya by Halāyudha
• Kundamāla by Dinnāga
• Mahāvīrasvāmīstotra by Hemacandra
• Meghadūtam, by Kāḷidāsa
• Naḷacampū by Trivikrama Bhaṭṭa
• Paramārthacarcā by Abhinavagupta
• Paramārthasaṁgraha by Abhinavagupta
• Pañcarātram by Bhāsa
• Pārijātāharaṇa by Umāpatidhara
• Pūrvapañcikāvivaraṇa by Abhinavagupta
• Ratnāvalī by Śrīharṣa
• Tantravaṭadhānikā by Abhinavagupta
• Tripuradahanakāvya by Vasudeva
• Vaijyantīkośa by Yādavaprākāśa
• Vivaraṇa on Kāvyakautuka by Abhinavagupta
• Yajñaphalam by Bhāsa
• Śivaśaktyavinābhāvastotra by Abhinavagupta

Lyric 28 works 17 poets

Poets: Abhinanda (2) Abhinavagupta Bhavabhūti Bhaṭṭabhīma / Bhaṭṭabhaumaka. Gaṅgādevī Ghaṭakarpara Guṇāḍhya Hemacandra Jalhaṇa Kāḷidāsa Mammaṭa Murāri Rājānaka Ruyyaka Subhaṭa Yādavaprākāśa Śrīharṣa Śūdraka

• Anargharāghava by Murāri
• Anuttaratatvavimarśnī by Abhinavagupta
• Anyayogavyavacchedikādvātriṁśikā Kāvya by Hemacandra
• Bhagvadgītārthasaṁgraha by Abhinavagupta
• Bimbapratibimbavāda by Abhinavagupta
• Bodhapañcadaśikā by Abhinavagupta
• Bṛhatkathā by Guṇāḍhya
• Chandaḥsutrabhāṣya by Yādavaprākāśa
• Devīstotravivaraṇa by Abhinavagupta
• Dūtāṅgada by Subhaṭa
• Ghaṭakarparakāvya by Ghaṭakarpara
• Kamastotra by Abhinavagupta
• Kāvyaprakāśa by Mammaṭa
• Kāvyaprakāśasaṅkēta by Rājānaka Ruyyaka
• Laghvī Prakriyā by Abhinavagupta
• Madhura Vijayam also known as Vīrakamparāyacaritram by Gaṅgādevī
• Mugdhopadeśa by Jalhaṇa
• Mālatīmādhava by Bhavabhūti
• Mālavikāgnimitram by Kāḷidāsa
• Mālinīvijayavārtika by Abhinavagupta
• Mṛicchakaṭika (The Little Clay Cart) by Śūdraka
• Naiṣadhacarita by Śrīharṣa
• Nāṭyalocana by Abhinavagupta
• Rāmacarita by Abhinanda (2)
• Rāvaṇārjunīyam / Arjunarāvaṇīyam by Bhaṭṭabhīma / Bhaṭṭabhaumaka.
• Sūktimuktāvali by Jalhaṇa
• Tantraloka by Abhinavagupta
• Yogaśāstra by Hemacandra

Biography 25 works 19 poets

Poets: Abhinanda Abhinavagupta Amaruka Bhoja Bhāmaha Bhāravi Bhāsa Hanumakavi Hemacandra Jalhaṇa Kavirāja Kāḷidāsa Kūmāradāsa Lolambarāja Puruṣottama Rājānaka Mahimabhaṭṭa Rājānaka Ruyyaka Vasudeva Vādībhasiṁha

• "Nalodaya" by Vasudeva
• Abhidhānacintāmaṇi by Hemacandra
• Alaṅkāramañjarī by Rājānaka Ruyyaka
• Amarukaśataka by Amaruka
• Anuttaraśatikā by Abhinavagupta
• Bhedāvādavidāraṇa by Abhinavagupta
• Dehasthadevatārcakastotra by Abhinavagupta
• Hanumānāṭaka or Mahānāṭaka by Hanumakavi
• Harivilāsa by Lolambarāja
• Jānakīharaṇam by Kūmāradāsa
• Kirātārjunīyam by Bhāravi
• Kādambarī Kathāsāra by Abhinanda
• Kāvyālaṅkāra by Bhāmaha
• Kṣatracūḍāmaṇi by Vādībhasiṁha
• Locana Ṭīkā on Dhvanyāloka by Abhinavagupta
• Padārthapraveśanirṇayaṭīkā by Abhinavagupta
• Pramāṇamīmāṁsā by Hemacandra
• Prātriṁśikāvivṛti by Abhinavagupta
• Puruṣottama's Hārāvalī by Puruṣottama
• Raghuvamśaṁ. by Kāḷidāsa
• Rāghavapāndaviya by Kavirāja
• Rāja Mārtāṇḍa by Bhoja
• Somapālavilāsa by Jalhaṇa
• Vyaktivivēka by Rājānaka Mahimabhaṭṭa
• Ūrubhaṅgam by Bhāsa

Epic Drama 25 works 20 poets

Poets: Abhinavagupta Ajitasena Bhavabhūti Bhoja Bilhaṇa Halāyudha Haricandra Hemacandra Kāḷidāsa Puruṣottama Rudrabhaṭṭa Subandhu Umāpatidhara Varadācārya Vasudeva Vedavyāsa Vālmīki Ānandavardhana Āryaśūra Śyāmilaka

• "Vāsudevavijaya Mahākāvya," by Vasudeva
• Bālabhārata by Hemacandra
• Candracūḍa by Umāpatidhara
• Dharmaśarmābhyudhāya by Haricandra
• Dhvanyāloka by Ānandavardhana
• Jātakamālā ("Garland of Birth Stories”) by Āryaśūra
• Kāvya mīmāṃsā by Bhoja
• Mahābhārata by Vedavyāsa
• Mahāvīrācārita by Bhavabhūti
• Paramārṭhasāra by Abhinavagupta
• Puruṣottama's Trikāṇḍaśeṣa by Puruṣottama
• Pādatāḍitaka by Śyāmilaka
• Rāmāyaṇa by Vālmīki
• Saptaviṃśatikā by Halāyudha
• Siddhahema by Hemacandra
• Tantrasāra by Abhinavagupta
• Tantroccaya by Abhinavagupta
• Uttararāmacarita by Bhavabhūti
• Vasantatilaka by Varadācārya
• Vikramāṇkadevacaritam by Bilhaṇa
• Vikramōrvaśīyaṁ by Kāḷidāsa
• Vāsavadattā by Subandhu
• Īśvaraprtyabhijñāvivṛtivimarśinī by Abhinavagupta
• Śṛṅgāramañjarī by Ajitasena
• Śṛṅgāratilaka by Rudrabhaṭṭa

Humor 22 works 17 poets

Poets: Abhinavagupta Bhāsa Bilhaṇa Daṇḍī Dhanañjaya Hemacandra Lolambarāja Rājānaka Ruyyaka Udbhaṭṭa Vasudeva Viṣṇuśarmā Yādavaprākāśa Āryakṣemīśvara Śambhukavi Śaṅkuka Śrīpāla Śubhacandra

• Abhiṣekanāṭakam by Bhāsa
• Anuttaraśataka by Abhinavagupta
• Anyoktimuktalatā by Śambhukavi
• Bhairavastotra by Abhinavagupta
• Bhuvanābyudaya by Śaṅkuka
• Caurapañcāśikā by Bilhaṇa
• Daśarūpaka by Dhanañjaya
• Gītābhāṣya by Yādavaprākāśa
• Jñānārṇava by Śubhacandra
• Kumārapālita by Hemacandra
• Kāvyādarśa by Daṇḍī
• Kāvyānuśāsana by Hemacandra
• Naiṣadhānanda kāvya. by Āryakṣemīśvara
• Paramārthadvādaśikā by Abhinavagupta
• Pañcatantra by Viṣṇuśarmā
• Prakaraṇstotra by Abhinavagupta
• Sāhityamīmāṃsā by Rājānaka Ruyyaka
• Sākṣi-gopāla-viraha-kāvya by Lolambarāja
• Tattvārthaprakāśikā by Abhinavagupta
• Vairōcanaparājayaḥ by Śrīpāla
• Yudhiṣṭhiravijaya by Vasudeva
• Ṭīkā on Nāṭya śāstra by Udbhaṭṭa

Poems 22 works 18 poets

Poets: Abhinavagupta Bhoja Buddhaghoṣa Dhanañjaya Kalhaṇa Kuntaka Kṣemendra Maṅkhvaka Mātṛgupta Puruṣottama Ratnākara/ Rājānaka Somadevabhaṭṭa Soḍhala Trilōcana / Vilōcana Udbhaṭṭa Yādavaprākāśa Āryakṣemīśvara Śaktibhadra

• Abhinavabhāratī Ṭīkā on Nāṭyaśāstra by Abhinavagupta
• Alaṅkāraśāstra by Mātṛgupta
• Aucintya Vichāra Carcā by Kṣemendra
• Bhāmahavivaraṇa by Udbhaṭṭa
• Caṇḍakauśika. by Āryakṣemīśvara
• Haravijaya’ by Ratnākara/ Rājānaka
• Kathāsaritsāgara by Somadevabhaṭṭa
• Kavikanthābharaṇa by Kṣemendra
• Milindāpanha by Buddhaghoṣa
• Prakīrṇavivaraṇa by Abhinavagupta
• Puruṣottama's Ekākṣarakoṣa by Puruṣottama
• Pārthavijayam by Trilōcana / Vilōcana
• Rāghavapāṇḍavīya by Dhanañjaya
• Rājataraṅgiṇī by Kalhaṇa
• Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa by Bhoja
• Suvrittatilaka by Kṣemendra
• Udayasundarīkathā by Soḍhala
• Vakroktijīvita by Kuntaka
• Yatidharmasamuccaya by Yādavaprākāśa
• Yādavabhāṣya by Yādavaprākāśa
• Āścaryacūḍāmaṇi by Śaktibhadra
• Śrīkaṇṭhacarita by Maṅkhvaka

Court poetry (kavya) 20 works 17 poets

Poets: Abhinavagupta Bhallaṭa Bhaṭṭaśivasvāmi Bhāsa Buddhaghoṣa Dhanika Māyurāja Pravarasēna Somadeva Sūri Vasudeva Viśākhadatta Vākpatirāja Vāmana Vīranandi Āryakṣemīśvara Śaktibhadra Śambhukavi

• Anubhavanivedana by Abhinavagupta
• Bhallaṭaśataka by Bhallaṭa
• Candraprabhacarita by Vīranandi
• Cārudattam by Bhāsa
• Gauḍavaho by Vākpatirāja
• Jñānasiddhi. by Āryakṣemīśvara
• Kāmakeli by Abhinavagupta
• Kāvyanirṇaya by Dhanika
• Madhyamavyāyogaḥ by Bhāsa
• Mudrārākṣasa by Viśākhadatta
• Pradyumnābhyudaya by Bhaṭṭaśivasvāmi
• Rasavilāsa by Vāmana
• Rājendrakarṇapūra by Śambhukavi
• Rākṣasakāvya is a Mahākāvya written by Vasudeva in Sanskrit language. by Vasudeva
• Svapnavāsavadattam by Bhāsa
• Udāttarāghava by Māyurāja
• Unmādavāsavadattā by Śaktibhadra
• Viśuddhimagga by Buddhaghoṣa
• Yaśastilakacampū by Somadeva Sūri
• ‘Sētubandham’ /‘Ravaṇavaho’/ ‘Dahamuhavaho’ by Pravarasēna

Scripture (Hindu, Buddhist and Jain) 19 works 17 poets

Poets: Abhinavagupta Amarasiṃha Bhartṛhari Bhaṭṭanārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭi Bhāsa Bilhaṇa Bāṇa Daṇḍī Dāmodaragupta Kriṣṇamiśra Kāḷidāsa Mayūrabhaṭṭa Maṅkhvaka Māyurāja Padmagupta Vāmana

• Anekārthakakośa by Maṅkhvaka
• Avantisundarī by Daṇḍī
• Karṇasundarī by Bilhaṇa
• Kumārasambhavam by Kāḷidāsa
• Kuṭṭanī-Mata by Dāmodaragupta
• Kāvyālaṅkārasūtrasāra by Vāmana
• Navasāhasāṃkacarita by Padmagupta
• Nāmalingānuśāsana- popularly known as Amarakośa by Amarasiṃha
• Prabōdhācāndrōdaya by Kriṣṇamiśra
• Pratijñāyaugandharāyaṇam by Bhāsa
• Pratimānāṭakam by Bhāsa
• Rāvaṇavadha or Rāmacarita by Bhaṭṭi
• Sūryaśatakam by Mayūrabhaṭṭa
• The most famous works of Poet Bāṇa were Harṣacharita and Kādambarī. by Bāṇa
• The only known work of this Poet is Veṇīsaṃhāra (Binding of hair) by Bhaṭṭanārāyaṇa
• The Subhāṣitatriśatī by Bhartṛhari
• Tāpasavatsarāja by Māyurāja
• Śivadṛṣṭyālocana by Abhinavagupta
• Ṛtusaṃhāraḥ, by Kāḷidāsa

Social Drama 18 works 17 poets

Poets: Abhinavagupta Aparājita Bhaṭṭa Murāri Bhaṭṭaśivasvāmi Bhāsa Dhanapāla Dhanika Govardhanācārya Halāyudha Mahendravikramavarmā Muñja (Vākpati) Māgha Puruṣottama Rudraṭa Sātavāhana Udbhaṭṭa Vasudeva

• Abhidhānaratnamālā by Halāyudha
• Alaṅkārasārasaṁgraha (Kavyālaṅkārasārasaṁgraha) by Udbhaṭṭa
• Anargharāghava by Bhaṭṭa Murāri
• Avaloka Ṭīkā on Daśrūpaka by Dhanika
• Dūtavākyam by Bhāsa
• Gāthāsaptaśatī by Sātavāhana
• Kappaṇṇābhyudaya by Bhaṭṭaśivasvāmi
• Kāvyālaṅkāra by Rudraṭa
• Mahopadeśaviṁśatikā by Abhinavagupta
• Mattavilāsa by Mahendravikramavarmā
• Mṛgāṅkalēkhakathā by Aparājita
• Puruṣottama's Viṣṇubhaktikalpalatā by Puruṣottama
• Ratnamālikā by Muñja (Vākpati)
• Tilakamanñjarī by Dhanapāla
• Āryāsaptaśatī by Govardhanācārya
• Śaurikathodaya by Vasudeva
• Śiśupālavadha by Māgha
• Ṛṣabhapañcāśikā by Dhanapāla

Moralistic works 7 works 1 poets

Poets: Kṣemendra

• Chaturvargasaṃgraha by Kṣemendra
• Chārucharyā by Kṣemendra
• Darpadalaṇa by Kṣemendra
• Lokaprakāśa by Kṣemendra
• Nītikalpataru by Kṣemendra
• Sevyasevakopadeśa by Kṣemendra
• Stūpāvadāna by Kṣemendra

Digest 4 works 2 poets

Poets: Bhoja Kṣemendra

• Bhāratamañjarī by Kṣemendra
• Brihatkathāmañjarī by Kṣemendra
• Rāmāyaṇamañjarī by Kṣemendra
• Śṛṅgāra Prakāśa by Bhoja

Satires 3 works 1 poets

Poets: Kṣemendra

• Deśopadeśa by Kṣemendra
• Kalāvilasā by Kṣemendra
• Samaya Māntrikā by Kṣemendra

Devotional 2 works 1 poets

Poets: Kṣemendra

• Avadānakalpalatā by Kṣemendra
• Daśāvatāracarita by Kṣemendra

Commentary 1 works 1 poets

Poets: Bhoja

• Jaiminīya Nyāyamālā by Bhoja

Engineering 1 works 1 poets

Poets: Bhoja

• Samāraṅgaṇa Sūtradhāra by Bhoja

Historical 1 works 1 poets

Poets: Kṣemendra

• Nṛpāvaḷi by Kṣemendra

Law 1 works 1 poets

Poets: Bhoja

• Vyavahāra- Bhāṣā by Bhoja