Kiratārjuniya (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Kirātārjunīya》(英語表記)Kiratarjuniya
Kiratārjuniya (English spelling)

…His biography is unclear, but his name appears on an inscription excavated in Aihole (634) along with that of Kalidasa (4th-5th century). He gained fame as a skilled poet with his epic poem Kiratārjunīya. This poem, consisting of 18 chapters, is based on the great epic Mahabharata and tells the story of the brave prince Arjuna's battle with the god Shiva, who is disguised as a Kiratha, a ferocious mountain tribe, and his bravery is recognized and he receives a divinely bestowed weapon. However, his fame is due to his excellent rhetorical and rhetorical skills rather than the content of his poems, and is often quoted in rhetorical books that value poetic skills. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…伝記は明らかでないが,アイホール発掘の碑銘(634)にはカーリダーサ(4~5世紀)とともにその名を連ねている。叙事詩《キラータールジュニーヤKirātārjunīya》により技巧派詩人として名声を博している。この詩は18章から成り,大叙事詩《マハーバーラタ》から取材し,勇士アルジュナ王子が凶悪な山地部族のキラータに扮したシバ神と格闘し,その武勇を認められて天授の武器を獲得するてんまつを述べているが,彼の名声は詩の内容よりはむしろ韻律および修辞上のすぐれた技巧によるもので,詩的技巧を重んじる修辞学書に多く引用されている。…

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