Shishupala-vadha (Study)
by Shila Chakraborty | 2018 | 112,267 words
This page relates 鈥楰nowledge of Tantra in the Shishupalavadha鈥� of the study on 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 of the Chedis.
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Knowledge of Tantra in the 艢i艣up膩lavadha
Poet 惭腻驳丑补 was well versed about magic. Magic is under 迟补苍迟谤补蝉腻谤补.
The science of magic is described in the following verse of 惭腻驳丑补鈥檚 epic.
鈥渢uhin膩峁兣泆mamu峁� suh峁沯jan膩岣� kalayantu峁ａ箛akara峁� virodhina岣� |
k峁泃ibhi岣� k峁泃ad峁涐梗峁璱vibhram膩岣� srajamekebhujaga岣� yath膩pare ||鈥� 16.64 ||[1]
Psychological description in physiology is found in eleventh verse of fifteenth canto.
iti cukrudhe bh峁浥沘manena nanu mahadav膩pya vipriyam |
测腻迟颈 vik峁泃imapi sa峁僾峁泃imat kimu yannisarga 苍颈谤补惫补驳谤补丑补峁� 尘补苍补岣� || 15.11 ||[2]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
ibid., p. 694.
[2]:
ibid., p. 601.