[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) › c5.67 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.67 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.67 - **Language:** English ### [c5.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.67) AMARU-SATAKA. A poem consisting of a hundred stanzas written by a king named Amaru, but by some attributed to the philosopher Sankara, who assumed the dead form of that king for the purpose of conversing with his widow. The verses are of an erotic character, but, like many others of the same kind, a religious or philosophical interpretation has been found for them. - [Previous: c5.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.66) - [Next: c5.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.68) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Amaruśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.srngara.amarusataka) — Amaru, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.67) · Pramāṇa