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# Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.290

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.290

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### [c7.290](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.290)

(Kālidāsa, in verse 3, Canto 1 of Kumārasambhava had written 'Eko hi doṣo guṇasannipāte nimajjatindoḥ kiraṇeṣvivāṅkaḥ'. In the above verse by Ghaṭakarpara the usage 'Kavināpi tena' may be interpreted in two ways, viz. Kavinā+api+tena and Kavi+nāpitena. By the second combination Ghaṭakarpara converted Kālidāsa into a barber (nāpita).

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## Cites (1)

- [Kumārasaṃbhava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.parinaya-kumara.kumarasambhava) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit

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