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Kuvalayamala

Uddyotanasuri's Prakrit campu romance, finished in 779 CE, in which the holders of a savara-vijja are Vidyadharas wearing Shabara dress as a costume.

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  • The word, reclaimed or not Treatise

    The word was never taken up by the people whose name it is. From the earliest lexical record to the marketing of 2026, *śābara* was repurposed by parties standing…