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.Rajendra Kumar Garg, Samasya purti kavya, udbhav aur vikas, Jhansi 1969
In Samasya-purti, the problem is posed by providing part of a metrical composition. The challenge is to compose the rest of the composition.Allied Chambers transliterated Hindi-Hindi-English dictionary, Henk W. Wagenaar, S. S. Parikh, D. F. Plukker, R. Veldhuijzen van Zanten Editors S. S. Parikh, D. F. Plukker, R. Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Compiled by Henk W. Wagenaar, Publisher Allied Publishers, 1993
Some scholars have taken the last line of each verse of Kalidasa's Meghadutam as the samasya, and have composed the rest.Kalidasa: Date, Life And Works, Authors Mirashi, V.V., Navlekar, N.R., Publisher Popular Prakashan, 1969
See also
Sanskrit literature Indian literature Early Medieval literature
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