Shishupala-vadha (Study)
by Shila Chakraborty | 2018 | 112,267 words
This is a study of the Shishupala-vadha (in English) in the light of Manusamhita (law and religious duties) and Arthashastra (science of politics and warfare). The Shishupalavadha is an epic poem (Mahakavya) written by Magha in the 7th century AD. It consists of 1800 Sanskrit verses spread over twenty chapters and narrates the details of the king o...
Preface
Long ago when I have gone through the Śśܱ I noticed that to compose the poem poet 岵 has used different political words like ᾱīṣu, cara, ūٲ, ٲⲹ, kara etc. For a long time I have hankering to do something on this epic. In this thesis I have tried to discuss the different verses of the Śśܱ in the light of ѲԳܲṃh and the ٳśٰ of ṭiⲹ.
The text of the Śśܱ used by me for this dissertation is the edition of Haridas Siddantavagisha. Mainly I have consulted R.P. Kangle, T.G. Shastri editions of the ٳśٰ of ṭiⲹ. I have consulted Manabendu Bandyopadhaya edition of the ѲԳܲṃh. Śśܱ is an epic which is one of the ṛhٳٰī. So it has an important place in Sanskrit epic literature. I was influenced by the book Śśܱ kāvyasamīkṣ� of Bihnupada Dutta. So I have followed him sometimes in this work. I have taken English translation from Sitanath Kabyaratna and Pandit Madhab Das Sankhyatirtha edition. For ѲԳܲṃh I have taken English translation from Ashokanath Shastri edition.
I take the opportunity to express my deep sense of gratitude to prof. Dr. Suchitra Ray, M.A., Ph. D. 첹ṇa īٳ, former professor of the Calcutta university, department of Sanskrit, for her valuable guidance and supervision of this work. Her constructive suggestions are availed by me at every step of this work.
I would like to mention specially the name of Prof. Dipankar Mukhopadhaya, Prof. Didhiti Biswas and Prof. Rabindra Nath Bhattacharya for their valuable suggestions during my work.
I am indebted to the employees of the library of the Sanskrit Sahitya parisat for their assistance and helpful attitude.
I express my regards and gratitude to my late parents from whom I inherited my enthusiasm without which I could not finish this work.
Finally I convey my gratitude to the members of my family for their understanding and continuous inspiration.
Shila Chakraborty
Rampur
Palashpai
Paschim Midinipur
January, 2018