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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pavanavasyena punjitasya: p. 73, 1. 8
v.1. pavanavas膩t punjitasya;
pavanavasa sampunjitasya.
The comm. accepts the reading... va艣yena'
and justi-
fies it. This is also the reading of NSF. The other reading
vasa sampunjitasya is not proper. A better and more
acceptable reading as pointed out by the editor is: pavana
...
vas膩t punjitasya etc.虏 which means collected together by the
force of the wind. Kane, Kale Ckal膩., accept this reading. 3
According to the present context, which refers to the
falling of the bird on the collection of dried leaves, there
is no reason in accepting the reading 'pavanavasyena' to mean
with the control of the wind. It is a normal case of
experience and observation that the dried leaves are gathered
together in one place by the force of the wind. It would be
far fetched to accept that the dried leaves are collected by
the control of the wind, as is done by Bh膩nu.
1. pavanah samiranas tasya vasyas tad膩yattat膩
tena punjitasva pinditasya.
2. Editors note, No. 5, p. 73.
Bh膩nu. p. 73. 1. 19
3. Kane. p. 29. 1. 29, Kale, p. 62, 1.7
pavanavas膩t v膩yu samyogena purjitasya. Ckal膩 p.103, 1. 19
