Lidia Sudyka
I deal with classical Sanskrit literature (kāvya), including indigenous literary theory. In the scope of my interests are also selected aspects of the contemporary and historical forms of textual transmission and persistence of literary cultures in India.
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and later from Ikkeri (c. 1499–1763 CE), first on behalf of the Vijayanagara
rulers and then in their own name, was the western strip of Karnataka,
known as Kanara-Malnad. The Kanara coast is very fertile and the
hills of neighbouring Malnad (Malladeśa) are noted for their biodiversity.
The Śivatattvaratnākara, an encyclopaedic work in Sanskrit authored by
the Keladi-Ikkeri king, Basavarāja (r. 1697–1714), besides discussions
related to various fields of knowledge, holds not only passages describing
the region and the history of its rulers, but also other content that may reveal
a way of thinking about nature and human-nature relationships. Reference
will also be made to Pietro della Valle's account of his travels in the
area between 1623 and 1624.
inscriptional sources. Without epigraphic texts we would hardly know the chronology, or different
forms of social, political and economic life. However, after so many years of studying the inscriptions,
the fact that some of them need attention simply because they belong to the realm of poetry
is still almost overlooked. Inscriptional poetry was completely neglected by Sanskrit theoreticians
of literature. The Western as well as Indian modern scholarship in fact seems to share this attitude,
although a certain change has been noticed at the end of the 20th century. The presents paper not
only aims at presenting indisputable literary merits of the selected specimens but tries to find the
reasons why the voice of creators of public poetry was silenced and has no proper place in history
of Sanskrit classical literature.
and later from Ikkeri (c. 1499–1763 CE), first on behalf of the Vijayanagara
rulers and then in their own name, was the western strip of Karnataka,
known as Kanara-Malnad. The Kanara coast is very fertile and the
hills of neighbouring Malnad (Malladeśa) are noted for their biodiversity.
The Śivatattvaratnākara, an encyclopaedic work in Sanskrit authored by
the Keladi-Ikkeri king, Basavarāja (r. 1697–1714), besides discussions
related to various fields of knowledge, holds not only passages describing
the region and the history of its rulers, but also other content that may reveal
a way of thinking about nature and human-nature relationships. Reference
will also be made to Pietro della Valle's account of his travels in the
area between 1623 and 1624.
inscriptional sources. Without epigraphic texts we would hardly know the chronology, or different
forms of social, political and economic life. However, after so many years of studying the inscriptions,
the fact that some of them need attention simply because they belong to the realm of poetry
is still almost overlooked. Inscriptional poetry was completely neglected by Sanskrit theoreticians
of literature. The Western as well as Indian modern scholarship in fact seems to share this attitude,
although a certain change has been noticed at the end of the 20th century. The presents paper not
only aims at presenting indisputable literary merits of the selected specimens but tries to find the
reasons why the voice of creators of public poetry was silenced and has no proper place in history
of Sanskrit classical literature.