• Gaudavaho ("Slaying of the Gauda king"), also known as Gauḍavaha, is an 8th-century Prakrit-language epic poem by Vākpatirāja. It narrates the exploits...
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    Yashovarman or his family, with most information being derived from the Gaudavaho (Slaying of the king of Gauda), a Prakrit-language poem written by Vakpati...
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    argues that Gaudavaho fails to mention this, because Yashovarman's court poet wanted to whitewash his master's vassal status. Gaudavaho mentions that...
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    to support his claims. Much of information on him is derived from the Gaudavaho (Slaying of the king of Gauda), a Prakrit-language poem written by his...
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    Palitta's Rasikaprakāśana or Brilliance of the Connoisseurs Vakpati's Gaudavaho (c. 8th century) Haribhadra's Samaraditya-charitra (c. 8th century), fictional...
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    the Chinese pilgrims Xuanzang and Yijing which also mentions them. The Gaudavaho of Vākpatirāja refers to the victory of King Yashovarman of the Varman...
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  • and SriHarivijay. The language was used by Vakpati to write the poem Gaudavaho. It is also used in the dialogue and songs of low-class characters in...
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  • debauchery and was pleasure-loving. He is described as "immoral" in the Gaudavaho as well. He even made several futile attempts to kill his own son, Bhoja...
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    with the "city of Harishchandra" mentioned in the eighth-century poem Gaudavaho. Archaeological evidence (including images to Vishnu, Jain tirthankaras...
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  • Bṛhaspati, a Hindu deity Vakpati (8th century poet), author of the epic poem Gaudavaho Vakpati (Chandela dynasty), a 9th-century ruler from central India Vakpati...
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  • According to Vakpati himself, he composed Madhu-Matha-Vijaya before he wrote Gaudavaho during Yashovarman's reign. Thus, the Prabhavaka Charita claim of Madhu-Matha-Vijaya...
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