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 2 - Textual Criticism on Kadambari
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akalita kalik膩 p. 273, 1. 5. v.1. akalitakalik膩 etc. Bh膩nu. reads 膩kalita kalik膩 with NSP.1 Kale also accepts this reading.2 Bh膩nu. explains: akalitahpradurbhut膩岣� y膩 kalik膩岣� korak膩岣�, to mean bristling with buds those are produced.鲁 Kale translates it as: they looked uneven on account of clusters of (innumerable), buds. It is not clear from his translation the meaning of the reading as he has given in his comm.) 4 akalita (produced 57 Kane 5
and Ckala read akalita
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which gives a very
good sense, It means: looked bristling with the masses of
buds those are not plucked. The word akalita also can
taken in the sense of innumerable or countless.
be
1. K膩da., p. 273, 1.
2. Tattva pra. p. 205, 1. 6.
3. Bh膩nu., p. 273, 1. 15.
4. Tattva pra. p. 205, 1, 12
5. Kane, II., p. 3, 1. 7.
6. C Kal膩, p. 385, 1.2.
