Poets on Poetics: Literature as Sanskrit Poets See It

Literature May 22, 2023

Bhāravi - 2

Bhāravi further refers to speech in the conversation between Indra and Arjuna: प्रसादरम्यमोजस्वि गरीयो लाघवान्वितम्।       &...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N

Literature Aug 21, 2023

Śīlāditya Harṣavardhana

Harṣavardhana has made a mark in the annals of Sanskrit literature with his three plays: Priyadarśikā, Ratnāvalī and Nāgānanda. Interestingly, the prologues of...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N

Literature Aug 28, 2023

Bāṇabhaṭṭa

Bāṇabhaṭṭa Among the works written by the great poet Bāṇabhaṭṭa, it is only in Harṣacarita that we come across thoughts on literary aesthetics. Although the in...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N

Literature Sep 11, 2023

Māgha

Māgha In the second canto of Śiśupālavadha, the poet Māgha uses ideas from various sciences to support his arguments on polity. It is appropriate that he has i...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N

Literature Sep 25, 2023

Bhavabhūti

In the plays written by the great poet Bhavabhūti we find passages that not only reveal his personality and learning, but also his insights into literary aesthe...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N

Literature Oct 09, 2023

Yaśovarmā

Yaśovarmā, Bhavabhūti’s contemporary, is the author of the now-unavailable play, Rāmābhyudaya. Eminent aestheticians such as Ānandavardhana have held this work...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N

Literature Mar 04, 2024

Jinasena

               Jinasena, the author of Pūrvapurāṇa, hailed from Karnataka. He composed thi...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N

Literature Mar 25, 2024

Bhallaṭa and Rājaśekhara

Bhallaṭa Bhallaṭa is best remembered as the poet who put the genre of anyokti (allegorical verses) on the map. He composed a century of verses and elevated thi...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N

Literature Apr 29, 2024

Trivikrama-bhaṭṭa, Somadevasūri

Trivikrama-bhaṭṭa Among the ornate campū compositions available in Sanskrit, Nala-campū authored by Trivikrama-bhaṭṭa is the oldest. The author had a penchant...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N

Literature May 12, 2024

Parimalapadmagupta, Bhoja

Parimalapadmagupta Parimalapadmagupta or Parimalagupta is the author of the historical poem, Navasāhasāṅkacarita. This work describes the attainments of Sindhu...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N

Literature Nov 22, 2021

Vālmīki - 2

Vālmīki was absorbed in thoughts about his verse when Brahmā visited him: tadgatenaiva manasā vālmīkirdhyānamāsthitaḥ (1.2.28). He was tormented by the impropri...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N

Literature Jun 24, 2024

Kṣemendra, Bilhaṇa

Kṣemendra Kṣemendra was a man of many talents who straddled the realms of śāstra and kāvya. Although he composed several works in both these genres, his attain...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Shashi Kiran B N