Hamsa-Sandesha
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title:
Hamsa-Sandesha
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The Hamsa Sandesha or "The message of the Swan" is a Sanskrit love poem written by Vedanta Desika in the 13th century CE. A short lyric poem of 110 verses, it describes how Rama, hero of the Ramayana epic, sends a message via a swan to his beloved wife, Sita, who has been abducted by the demon king Ravana. The poem belongs to the sandeśa kāvya "messenger poem" genre and is very closely modeled upon the Meghadūta of Kālidāsa. It has particular significance for Sri Vaishnavas, whose god, Vishnu, i
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Sanskrit poem
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamsa-Sandesha
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2024-01-09T00:23:01Z
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