Amal Shataka

Japanese: 《アマル・シャタカ》 - あまるしゃたか
Amal Shataka

…Years of birth and death unknown. Author of the Sanskrit love poem Amaru-śataka (One Hundred Odes to Amaru). His biography is unknown, but according to legend, the famous philosopher Shankara used magic to enter the body of Amaru, the king of Kashmir, in order to discover true love, and then had sex with 100 women in his harem, expressing the feelings of love he experienced in each of these poems. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…生没年不詳。100頌から成るサンスクリット恋愛抒情詩《アマル・シャタカAmaru‐śataka(アマル百頌)》の作者。伝記は不明だが,伝説によれば有名な哲学者シャンカラが,真実の愛を知るため呪術によってカシミールの王アマルの体内に入り,後宮の婦人100人と交わってその経験した愛の情緒をこの各詩に表現したのだという。…

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