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Hastinapura
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Noun1.Hastinapura - one of two classical Hindu epics; a great collection of poetry worked into and around a central heroic narrative (eight times as large as the Iliad and Odyssey combined)
Sanskrit literature - Hindu literature written in Sanskrit


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And when they reached Hastinapur, he spread that dust and made Kuntaji stand on it.
All of Kalidasa's major characters belonging to the hermitage (asrama) of the great ascetic (maharsi) Kanva including the chief of the army and the king's companion, the vidusaka alias Madhavya, have been retained whereas all characters belonging to the supernatural world and to Dusyanta's palace in Hastinapur have been renounced.
 
 
 
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