For anyone here, here is a great example of constrained writing in Sanskrit from 7th or 8th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishupala_Vadha#Linguistic_i

For anyone here, here is a great example of constrained writing in Sanskrit from 7th or 8th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishupala_Vadha#Linguistic_ingenuity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishupala_Vadha#Linguistic_in... Just the verbal gymnastics, the wordplay and the ingenuity is mind boggling