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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Samasya-purti''' ([[Devanagari]] : समस्या-पूर्ति / literally satisfaction of a problem) is a class of Indian literature, specially popular in [[Sanskrit]], but also known in other languages.<ref>Rajendra Kumar Garg, Samasya purti kavya, udbhav aur vikas, Jhansi 1969</ref><br />
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In Samasya-purti, the problem is posed by providing part of a metrical composition. The challenge is to compose the rest of the composition.<ref>Allied Chambers transliterated Hindi-Hindi-English dictionary,<br />
Henk W. Wagenaar, S. S. Parikh, D. F. Plukker, R. Veldhuijzen van Zanten<br />
Editors S. S. Parikh, D. F. Plukker, R. Veldhuijzen van Zanten,<br />
Compiled by Henk W. Wagenaar,<br />
Publisher Allied Publishers, 1993</ref><br />
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Some scholars have taken the last line of each verse of [[Kalidasa]]'s ''[[Meghadutam]]'' as the samasya, and have composed the rest.<ref>Kalidasa: Date, Life And Works, Authors Mirashi, V.V., Navlekar, N.R., Publisher Popular Prakashan, 1969</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|Literature}}<br />
* [[Sanskrit literature]]<br />
* [[Indian literature]]<br />
* [[Early Medieval literature]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:History of literature in India]]</div>HughStoate90988