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Tilottama
Tilottama (), is an Apsara (celestial nymph) described in Hindu mythology. "Tila" is the Sanskrit word for sesame seed or a bit and "uttama" means better or higher. Tilottama therefore means the being whose smallest particle is the finest or one who is composed of the finest and highest qualities.
In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Tilottama is described to have been created by the divine architect Vishwakarma, at Brahma's request, by taking the best quality of everything as the ingredients. She
"Birth of Tilottama") was published in 1860. This was the first Bengali poem written in blank verse. The story of "Tilottama Sambhab Kabya" is taken from Hindu Puranas. Dutt's greatest work "Meghnad Badh Kabya" ("মেঘনাদবধ কাব্য", "Slaying of Meghnad") was published in two parts in 1861. The story of "Meghnad Badh Kabya" was borrowed from Hindu epic the "Ramayana" and deals chiefly the final battle, death and funeral of Meghnad, son of Ravana during the