Karpura Manjari - Karpura Manjari

Japanese: 《カルプーラ・マンジャリー》 - かるぷーらまんじゃりー
Karpura Manjari - Karpura Manjari

…His works include the poetic treatise “Kābiya-mīmānsa” and four plays. The best known are “Bala-Ramayana” and “Bala-Bharata”, which are based on the epics “Ramayana” and “Mahabharata”, and “Bidda-śārabānjika” and “Karpura-manjari”, which are love plays set in a royal palace. The last one in particular is a unique play written entirely in Prakrit (colloquial), and is an interesting work in which the author, who was an accomplished poet, fully demonstrated his talent as a poet by using a variety of expressive techniques and rhythms. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その作品としては,詩論《カービヤ・ミーマーンサー》のほか,4編の戯曲がある。すなわち,叙事詩《ラーマーヤナ》と《マハーバーラタ》を題材とした《バーラ・ラーマーヤナ》と《バーラ・バーラタ》,王宮を舞台とする恋愛劇《ビッダ・シャーラバンジカー》と《カルプーラ・マンジャリー》が知られている。とくに最後のものは,全編プラークリット語(俗語)で書かれた異色の戯曲で,作詩法に熟達した作者が表現技法を凝らし,多種の韻律を使い分けて,その詩人としての才能をいかんなく発揮した興味深い作品である。…

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