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# Kshemendra (Kṣemendra)

Kashmiri polymath poet (Aucityavicāracarcā, Kavikaṇṭhābharaṇa).

## Works (50)

- [Brihatkathamanjari version (Bṛhatkathāmañjarī version)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.vetala*bkm) — Sanskrit; 1025–1075 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Brihatkathasara (Bṛhatkathāsāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.brhatkathasara) — Sanskrit; 1025–1075 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Kanakajanaka (Kanakajānaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.rama.kanakajanaka) — Sanskrit; 1025–1075 CE; lost
- [Lipiviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.lipiviveka) — Sanskrit; 1025–1075 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Madanamaharnava (Kshemendra) (Madanamahārṇava (Kṣemendra))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanamaharnava) — Sanskrit; 1025–1075 CE; partly digitised
- [Matrikaviveka (Mātṛkāviveka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.matrkaviveka) — Sanskrit; 1025–1075 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Nitilata (Nītilatā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.nitilata) — Sanskrit; 1025–1075 CE; lost
- [Sarasvataprakriyatika (Sārasvataprakriyāṭīkā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.anya.sarasvata!ksemendra) — Sanskrit; 1025–1075 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Shilashataka (Śīlaśataka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.ksemendra.silasataka) — Sanskrit; 1025–1075 CE; lost
- [Amritarangakavya (Amṛtaraṅgakāvya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.misc.amrtarangakavya) — Sanskrit; 1029–1064 CE; lost
- [Amritataranga (Amṛtataraṅga)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.ksemendra.amrtataranga) — Sanskrit; 1029 CE; lost
- [Avasarasara (Avasarasāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.ksemendra.avasarasara) — Sanskrit; 1029–1064 CE; lost
- [Bauddhavadanakalpalata (Bauddhāvadānakalpalatā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.bauddhavadanakalpalata) — Sanskrit; 1029 CE; partly digitised
- [Citrabharata (Citrabhārata)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bharata.citrabharata) — Sanskrit; 1029 CE; lost
- [Danaparijata (Kshemendra) (Dānapārijāta (Kṣemendra))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.danaparijata-ksemendra) — Sanskrit; 1029 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Kshemendraprakasha (Kṣemendraprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.ksemendra.ksemendraprakasa) — Sanskrit; 1029 CE; lost
- [Lalitaratnamala (Lalitaratnamālā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.lalitaratnamala) — Sanskrit; 1029 CE; lost
- [Lavanyavati (Lāvaṇyavatī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.lavanyavati) — Sanskrit; 1029–1064 CE; lost
- [Muktavali (Muktāvalī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.misc.muktavali) — Sanskrit; 1029–1064 CE; lost
- [Munimatamimamsa (Munimatamīmāṃsā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.munimatamimamsa) — Sanskrit; 1029 CE; lost
- [Nitikalpataru (Nītikalpataru)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.nitikalpataru) — Sanskrit; 1029 CE; partly digitised
- [Padyakadambari (Padyakādambarī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.khanda.akhyana.padyakadambari) — Sanskrit; 1029–1064 CE; lost
- [Pavamanapancashika (Pavamānapañcāśikā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.ksemendra.pavamanapancasika) — Sanskrit; 1029 CE; lost
- [Pavanapancashika (Pavanapañcāśikā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.pavanapancasika) — Sanskrit; 1029–1064 CE; lost
- [Rajavali (Rājāvalī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.rajavali) — Pāli; 1029–1064 CE; lost
- [Ramayanakathasara (Kshemendra) (Rāmāyaṇakathāsāra (Kṣemendra))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.sanksepa.ramayanakathasara-ksemendra) — Sanskrit; 1029 CE; partly digitised
- [Vinayavalli (Vinayavallī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.ksemendra.vinayavalli) — Sanskrit; 1029 CE; lost
- [Vyasashtaka (Vyāsāṣṭaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.stotra.vyasastaka) — Sanskrit; 1029 CE; lost
- [Vatsyayanasutrasara (Vātsyāyanasūtrasāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayanasutrasara) — Sanskrit; 1029 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised
- [Shashivamsha (Śaśivaṃśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.sasivamsa) — Sanskrit; 1029 CE; lost
- [Shashivamshamahakavya (Śaśivaṃśamahākāvya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.sasivamsamahakavya) — Sanskrit; 1029–1064 CE; lost
- [Bouquet of the Bhārata (Bhāratamañjarī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bharatamanjari) — Sanskrit; 1038 CE; partly digitised
- [Brihatkathamanjari (Bṛhatkathāmañjarī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.brhatkathamanjari) — Sanskrit; 1038 CE; partly digitised
- [Caturvargasamgraha (Caturvargasaṃgraha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.ksemendra.caturvargasangraha) — Sanskrit; 1050 CE
- [Carucarya (Cārucaryā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.ksemendra.carucarya) — Sanskrit; 1050 CE
- [Darpadalana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.ksemendra.darpadalana) — Sanskrit; 1050 CE
- [Deshopadesha (Deśopadeśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.desopadesa) — Sanskrit; 1050 CE
- [Kalavilasa (Kalāvilāsa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.kalavilasa) — Sanskrit; 1050 CE
- [Lokaprakasha (Lokaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.lokaprakasa) — Sanskrit; 1050–1099 CE; partly digitised
- [Narmamala (Narmamālā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.narmamala) — Sanskrit; 1050 CE
- [Nripavali (Nṛpāvalī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.nrpavali) — Sanskrit; 1050 CE; lost
- [Bouquet of the Rāmāyaṇa (Rāmāyaṇamañjarī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.sanksepa.ramayanamanjari) — Sanskrit; 1050 CE
- [Samayamatrika (Samayamātṛkā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.samayamatrka) — Sanskrit; 1050 CE
- [Sevyasevakopadesha (Sevyasevakopadeśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.ksemendra.sevyasevakopadesa) — Sanskrit; 1050 CE
- [The Wish-fulfilling Vine of the Bodhisattva's Deeds (Bodhisattvāvadānakalpalatā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadanakalpalata) — Sanskrit; 1052 CE
- [Aucityavicaracarca (Aucityavicāracarcā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.dhvani.aucityavicaracarca) — Sanskrit; 1055 CE
- [Kavikanthabharana (Kavikaṇṭhābharaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.kavisiksa.kavikanthabharana) — Sanskrit; 1055 CE
- [Suvrittatilaka (Suvṛttatilaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.suvrttatilaka) — Sanskrit; 1055 CE
- [Dashavataracarita (Daśāvatāracarita)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.vaisnava.dasavataracarita) — Sanskrit; 1066 CE; partly digitised
- [Bhashavritti (Bhāṣāvṛtti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.sci.lokanalika-dharmaghosasuri!ksemendra) — Prakrit; 1152 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised

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