Karnasundari (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Karṇasundarī》(英語表記)Karnasundari
Karnasundari (English spelling)

…Bilhana was a Kashmiri Brahmin who studied the Vedic sciences and was well versed in grammar and rhetoric. He became the court poet of King Vikramāṅkadevacarita (1076-1127) and wrote the historical epic Vikramāṅkadevacarita, which celebrated the exploits of the king, and the play Karṇasundari (1064-94), which was based on the marriage of King Karnadeva of Anhilbad (1064-94). But it was his 50-verse love lyric Caurapañcāśikā (Fifty Poems on Secret Love) that made him famous.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…カシミールのバラモン階層出身でベーダの諸学を修め,文法,修辞学に通じた。ビクラマーディティヤ6世(在位1076‐1127)の宮廷詩人となり,王の偉業をたたえた歴史的叙事詩《ビクラマーンカデーバチャリタVikramāṅkadevacarita》を書き,またアンヒルバードのカルナデーバ王(在位1064‐94)の結婚を題材とした戯曲《カルナスンダリーKarṇasundarī》を作った。しかしビルハナの名を高くしたのは,50頌から成る恋愛抒情詩《チャウラパンチャーシカーCaurapañcāśikā(秘めたる恋の五十頌)》である。…

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