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# Samudramathana

समुद्रमथन

Example of a samavakāra, dramatizing a well-known story relating to gods and demons.

- **Language:** Sanskrit
- **Author:** [Pitāmaha](https://indike.org/pramana/person/pitamaha)
- **Text:** lost

## Based on

- [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.15-17)

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