Mushakavamsha, Mūṣakavaṃśa, Mushaka-vamsha: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Mūṣakavaṃśa can be transliterated into English as Musakavamsa or Mushakavamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: academia.edu: Gleanings from Atula’s MusikavamsaMūṣakavaṃśa (मूषकवंश) (or Mūṣikavaṃśa) is the name of an historical poem by Atula.—Mūṣikavaṃśa is an interesting historical poem about the dynastical lineage of a royal family of North Kerala known by that name. It is now generally maintained that the kings of the dynasty ruled over the territory comprising Kolattunādu of later times. [...] Both Mūṣakavaṃśa (and Mūṣakavaṃśa are used rather indiscriminately to refer to the dynasty and the poem itself. Kunjunni Raja consistently uses the former word whereas in recent works, Raghavan Pillai and N.P. Unni use the word Mūṣikavaṃśa.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
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