घटकर्पर

{ ghaṭakarpara }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

GHAṬAKARPARA   One of the nine great poets in Sanskrit reputed as the nine gems in Vikramāditya's court. “Dhanvantari--Kṣapaṇak Āmarasiṁha-- Śaṅku--Vetālabhaṭṭa-- 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. Eko hi doṣo guṇasannipāte nimajjatīndoriti yo babhāṣe / nūnam na dṛṣṭaṁ kavināpi tena dāridryadoṣo guṇarāśināśī. Kālidāsa, in verse 3, Canto 1 of Kumārasaṁbhava had written ‘Eko hi doṣo guṇasannipāte nimajjatīndoḥ 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).

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

घट—कर्पर  m.  m. N. of the author of a highly artificial poem called after him (also author of the नीतिसार and mentioned as one of the 9 gems of king विक्रमादित्य's court)

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घट—कर्पर  n.  n. the fragments of a pot, [Ghaṭ.]; [Pañcat.]

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N. of घट-कर्पर's poem