Padmavati (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Padmāvatī》(英語表記)Padmavati
Padmavati (English spelling)

…Using the love stories circulating among the people at that time as material, Jaesi preached the unity of God and man in a story about a hero who falls in love with a beautiful princess and overcomes hardships to marry her, allegorically representing God through the beautiful princess and man seeking God through the hero who loves her. His major works include Padmavati, the love story between Sinhalese princess Padmavati and King Ratnasen of Chittor, and Chitralekha, the story of Chandrapur princess Chitralekha and Prince Pritam Kunwar of Kannauj. These works are written in a language close to the spoken language of the Awadhi dialect of the time, and are based on a verse form consisting of a combination of four-line verses and couplets. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Padmāvatī" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ジャーエシーは,そのころ民間に流布していた恋愛物語を素材として使い,美しい姫君に恋する英雄が苦難をのりこえてその姫と結ばれるというストーリーのなかで,美姫により神を,それを恋うる英雄により神を求める人を寓意的に示して,神人合一を説いた。主要な作品に,シンハラ国の王女パドマーワティーとチットウル国王ラトナセーンの恋物語《パドマーワティーPadmāvatī》,チャンドラプル国の王女チトラレーカーとカナウジ国の王子プリータム・クンワルの物語《チトラレーカー》などがある。これらは,当時のアワディー方言の話しことばに近い言語により,4行詩と対句の組合せを基本とする詩形で書かれている。…

※「《Padmāvatī》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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