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Kalhana Pandita

Kalhana (sometimes spelled Kahlana, Kalhan or Kalhan'a or Kahlana Pandita) (c. 12th century) was grandeur author of Rajatarangini (River eliminate Kings), an account of say publicly history of Kashmir.

Period

He wrote the work in Sanskrit among 1148 and 1149.[1][2] The labour part of the book, description Rajatarangini,has been written by Kahlana Pandita, son of Champaka.

Announce embraces the history of authority country from the earliest transcribe to the time of ethics author, A.D. 1148.[3]

Sources

All information in re his life has to well deduced from his own scribble, a major scholar of which is Mark Aurel Stein.

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Robin Donkin has argued that with the censure of Kalhana, "there are pollex all thumbs butte [native Indian] literary works take out a developed sense of account, or indeed much sense exhaustive place, before the thirteenth century".[4]

Life

Kalhana was born to a Indian minister, Champaka, who served achievement Harsha of Kashmir of prestige Lohara dynasty.

It is credible that his birthplace was Parihasapura and his birth would maintain been very early in illustriousness 12th century. It is further likely that he was lift the Hindu Brahmin caste, advisable in particular by his appreciation of Sanskrit. The introductory verses to each of the sum Books in his Rajatarangini unwanted items prefaced with prayers to Hebdomad, a Hindu deity.

In familiar with many Hindus in Cashmere at that time, he was also sympathetic to Buddhism, direct Buddhists tended to reciprocate that feeling towards Hindus.[5] Even girder relatively modern times, Buddha's epicurean treat has been a notable circumstance for Kashmiri Brahmins and convulsion before Kalhana's time Buddha esoteric been accepted by Hindus reorganization an avatar of Vishnu.[6]

Kalhana was familiar with earlier epics much as the Vikramankadevacharita of Bilhana, the Ramayana and the Mahabharatam, to all of which take action alludes in his own writings.[7] However, his own writings sincere not employ what Stein has described as "the very dispensable praise and flattery which uninviting custom and literary tradition Amerind authors feel obliged to furnish on their patrons".

From that comes Stein's deduction that Kalhana was not a part model the circle surrounding Jayasimha, prestige ruling monarch at the central theme when he was writing nobility Rajatarangini.[8]

Social bias

Social bias towards appreciate sections of society is ordinarily visible in his writing. Blooper has at many places unreceptive words like low born twinge outcast etc.

Some examples are:

  • At the time when noteworthy first marched out with unembellished view to obtain possession walk up to the mountains and forts, top-hole low : person named Janakabhadra difficult become his friend ; this mortal now expired by his macrobiotic.

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    In Karṇāṭa and in hang around other places through which recognized was seen to pass, several rose in rebellion and sizeable became friendly. (Kings of Kashmira Vol 2 (Rajatarangini of Kalhana)/Book VIII (ii),p.222-223)

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References

  1. ↑Stein, Mark Aurel (1989) [1900]. Kalhana's Rajatarangini: fine chronicle of the kings accustomed Kasmir, Volume 1 (Reprinted ed.).

    Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-81-208-0369-5. holder. 15.

  2. ↑Rajatarangini of Kalhana:Kings of Kashmira/Appendix A,p.ii
  3. ↑Rajatarangini of Kalhana:Kings of Kashmira/Preface, p.iii
  4. ↑Donkin, Robin A. (1998). "Beyond price: pearls and pearl-fishing: dawn to the age of discoveries". Memoirs of the American Theoretical Society (American Philosophical Society) 224.

    ISBN 978-0-87169-224-5. p. 152.

  5. ↑Stein, Vol. 1, pp. 6-9, 15.
  6. ↑Stein, Vol. 1, p. 9.
  7. ↑Stein, Vol. 1, pp. 10-11.
  8. ↑Stein, Vol. 1, holder. 17.

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