Essay name: Kadambari Studies (on the basis of Bhanuchandra)
Author:
Jayanti Tripathy
Affiliation: Pondicherry University / Department of Sanskrit
This essay studies in English the Kadambari of Bana (Banabhatta) on the basis of Bhanuchandra鈥檚 commentary. Kadambari is accepted as a model of an ideal example of Katha鈥攁 variety of Gadya literature. The central plot revolves around a a romantic attachment and union between the hero Chandrapida and the heroine Kadambari.
Chapter 1 - Introduction
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One of the greatest flaws of B盲pa's writing is that they abound in puns on words and recondite amidst the arry of double meaning words, bold and fanciful allusions, to grasp the exact meaning of the author. 1 10 One of the most important point to be mentioned
here is that he has widely utilised the two unpublished
commentaries on K盲d盲., namely, Amoda and Darpa峁嘺.
His
notes in two parts (pp. 1-124 and 124-237 of Dr. Peterson
edition) are very rich from the point of view of
understanding and interpretation of K膩da.
Amongst the other works, V.S. Agrawal has made
a detailed analysis of Kadambari from the point of view
of culture. The Indian tradition and culture at the time
of B膩峁嘺 has exhaustively been studied as reflected in
Kadambari, in these books.
The work of Karmarkar, Bana, Neeta Sharma's
A literary study of Bana Bhatta; Prof. Amarnath Pandeya's
The literary study of Banabhatta (in Hindi) are of general
nature.
1.
vide his introduction, p. 21-26.
