[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.288 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.288 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.288 - **Language:** English ### [c7.288](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.288) "Dhanvantari—Kṣapaṇak Amarasiṃha—Śaṅku—Vetāla-bhaṭṭa—Ghaṭakarpara—Kālidāsāḥ". A poem of twenty-two verses in Sanskrit called Ghaṭakarpara kāvya is attributed to him. The theme of the poem is a message despatched by the hero to his wife who has only recently been married. All the stanzas are in yamaka (repeating a word or set of words to convey different meanings at the end of each line). By composing a poem called 'Nalodaya', Kālidāsa answered the challenge posed by Ghaṭakarpara in the use of Yamaka. Ghaṭakarpara answered Kālidāsa in the following stanza. - [Previous: c7.287](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.287) - [Next: c7.289](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.289) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (2) - [Nalodaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.slesa.yamaka.nalodaya) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit - [Ghaṭakarparakāvya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.ghatakarpara) — Ghaṭakarpara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.288](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.288) · Pramāṇa