Indira Viswanathan Peterson provides an introduction to the
Sanskrit court epic (mahakavya), an important genre in classical
Indian poetry, and the first study of a celebrated sixth-century
poem, the Kiratarjuniya (Arjuna and the Hunter) of Bharavi.
Sanskrit court epics are shown to be characterized both by
formalism and a deep engagement with enduring Indian values.
The Kiratarjuniya is the earliest literary treatment of the
narrative of the Pandava hero Arjuna's combat with the great god
Siva, a seminal episode in the war epic Mahabharata. Through a
close analysis of the structural strategies of Bharavi's poem, the
author illuminates the aesthetic of the mahakavya genre. Peterson
demonstrates that the classical poet uses figurative language,
rhetorical devices, and structural design as the primary
instruments for advancing his argument, the reconciliation of
heroic action, ascetic self control, social duty, and devotion to
God. Her discussion of the Kiratarjuniya in relation to its
historical setting and to renderings of this epic episode in
literary texts and temple sculpture of later periods reveals the
existence of complex transactions in Indian civilization between
the discourses of heroic epic and court poetry, political
ideologies and devotional religion, Sanskrit and the regional
languages, and classical and folk traditions. Selections from the
Kiratarjuniya are presented in poetic translation.
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