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In fact, two modern Indian languages (Kannada and Marathi) use 'kadambari' as a generic term for a romance or a novel. Apart from the Kadambari, Banabhatta is also the author of Harshacharita, a biography of his patron king Harshavardhana. It is this circumstance which allows one to date the author with a reasonable degree of certainty.
Bāṇabhaṭṭa (Sanskrit: बाणभट्ट) was a 7th-century Sanskrit prose writer and poet from India.He was the Asthana Kavi in the court of the Emperor Harsha, who reigned c. 606–647 CE in northern India, first from Sthanvishvara, and later Kanyakubja.
The Harshacharita (Sanskrit: हर्षचरित, Harṣacarita; English: The deeds of Harsha) is the biography of Indian emperor Harsha by Banabhatta, also known as Bana, who was a Sanskrit writer of seventh-century CE India. He was the Asthana Kavi, meaning Court Poet, of Harsha.
Kadambari is a Sanskrit novel by Banabhatta. It may also refer to: Kadambari, an Indian Hindi-language film; Kadambari, an Indian Bengali-language film by Suman Ghosh; Kadambari Devi, sister-in-law of Rabindranath Tagore; Kadambari Murali, an Indian sports journalist
Banabhatta's Kadambari (7th century) describes Vidisha in present-day eastern Malwa as the capital of the Malavas, and Ujjayini (Ujjain) in present-day western Malwa as the capital of the distinct Avanti kingdom. [9]
She is known for translating Banabhatta's Kadambari into English in 1896. Life. Ridding was born in Meriden, West Midlands (then in Warwickshire).
The Talagunda pillar Sanskrit Inscription of crown prince Santivarma (c. 450) The Halmidi inscription at Halmidi village, usually dated 450 CE. is the earliest Kannada inscription issued by the Kadamba Dynasty
Banabhatta's Kadambari, Bhasa's Cārudatta, Shudraka's Mrichakatika mention the ritual offerings of food and shrines of Matrikas at crossroads. [33] Other offerings include flowers and clothes and meat and wine for some Matrikas.