[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.601 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.601 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.601 - **Language:** English ### [c5.601](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.601) GHATA-KARPARA. A poet, who was one of the “nine gems” of the court of Vikramāditya. There is a short artificial poem, descriptive of the rainy season, bearing this name, which has been translated into German by Dursch. The words mean ‘potsherds,’ and form probably an assumed literary name. - [Previous: c5.600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.600) - [Next: c5.602](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.602) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.601](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.601) · Pramāṇa