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’s commentary. Kadambari is accepted as a model of an ideal example of Katha—a 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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A. tarjanyanÄustayormÄṇam prädeÅ›am vrusvate budhÄá¸� p.210. D. 'angustha tarianibhyam parimitaá¸� pradeÅ›aá¸�'. A. 'tripatÄketyatra punartravividhye vartate sabdaá¸�' - p. 91. D. 'tripatÄkÄ urdhva rekhÄ trayÄm'. A. 'Yuthabhraste dvirade paksacaraá¸� svät tathaikacare' - p. 84. 28 D.
A.
D.
Pakṣacérasyä ekacarasya yuthabhraste paksacara�
syat ekacara paks Inoh.
VÄjiÅ›iksÄbhyÄsa bhÅ«mirbÄhyÄlir iti kathyate
p.198.
vähyÄlÄ« turaga dhÄvana paddhati
A. Śridruma� pippalo'śvattho buddhair bodhi ca
kathyate
-
p. 56.
D. 'śridruma� candana vrksa�.'
A.
D.
Sragbhedo vaṇamÄlÄ yÄmÄhur vaijayantÄ«ti
�
p.74.
VanamÄlÄ puspavisesah.
Thus arises the question whether the author of A.
knew D. or vice versa. One thing is certain that both
the commentators hail from South and it is probable that
either of the two knew the other. M.M. Kane argued D. to
