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# Kicakavadha (Kīcakavadha)

कीचकवध

Nītivarman's yamaka poem on Bhīma's slaying of Kīcaka (from Mbh 4).

- **Language:** Sanskrit
- **Date:** 700–1100 CE
- **Author:** [Nītivarman](https://indike.org/pramana/person/nitivarman)
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

## Commentaries (1)

- [Tattvaprakāśikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.slesa.yamaka.kicakavadha!janardanasena) — Janārdanasena, Sanskrit, not yet digitised

## Based on

- [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.4)

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