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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k峁泃akapatabatuvesa p. 78, 1. 7. v.1. patuvesah 73 This reading, it seems is accepted by the comm. as
it is given in the original text.
ever the reading is 'patuvesah'.
...
鈥�
1 In the commentary, how-
He comments: dagdhum iccav膩
2 krta岣� vihita岣� kapatena patu岣� spasto vesah." But this
reading does not fit properly to the context. Because he
(that sage) appeared as it were fire incarnation in disguise.
If the reading 'patuvesa' is accepted whose form was
obviously noticed or distinctly known (spasta) as adopted in
the charm of the expression kapatina' i.e. in
the comm,,
disguise goes.
Further the reading 'vatuvesah' is supported by mytho-
logical reference. In mah膩. Bh膩, it is narrated that 'Agni'
in the disguise of a 'Brahmana vatu' consumes the 'kh膩ndava',
forest. 3
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This is also the reading of Kane, Kale and CKala.4
1. krtakapata batuvesa iva bhagavan p盲vakah. p. 78, 1.7.
2. Bhanu. p. 78. l.
3. Vide. Mah膩. Bh膩. Adi. cha. 222&227
4. Kane. p. 24, 1. 11, Kale p. 65, 1. 7.
C泻ale, p. 110, 1. 11-12
Krta岣� vihita岣� kapatena vy膩jena vatu veso dvijar奴pam yena
Vide Kale p.56.
