चम्पूः _campūḥ

चम्पूः f. A kind of elaborate and highly artificial composition in which the same subject is continued through alterations in prose and verse; गद्यपद्यमयं काव्यं चम्पूरित्यभिधीयते S. D.569; for instance भोजचम्पू, नलचम्पू, भारतचम्पू &c.

-Comp. -भारतम् N. of a reproduction in prose and verse of the contents of the Mb. by Ananta- bhaṭṭa.

-रामायणम् N. of a reproduction in prose and verse of the contents of the Rām. by Lakṣmanakavi.