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Kusajātaka

work by Alagiyavanna Mahoṭṭāla

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Sinhalese literature

In South Asian arts: Sinhalese literature: 10th century ad to 19th century
…notable of which is the Kusajātaka, 687 stanzas of epigrams and exempla by the 17th-century poet Alagiyavanna Mohoṭṭāla.
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