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बाणभट्ट (bANabhaTTa)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
बाण—भट्ट
m.
N.
 of the author Bāṇa,
Cat.
Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum
English
बाण भट्ट son of Citrabhānu, son of Arthapati, son of
Kubera, father of Bhūṣaṇa Bhaṭṭa:
Kādambarī.
Caṇḍīśataka.
Pārvatīpariṇaya rūpaka.
Mukuṭatāḍitaka nāṭaka. Quoted by Caṇḍapāla
on Damayantīkāvya p. 227.
Sarvacaritanāṭaka. Rādh 23.
Harṣacarita.
Verses of his are given in the Aucityavicāra-
carcā 14. 20. etc. Śp. p. 50. Skm. Sbhv.
पुराणम्
English
बाण १ / BĀṆA (bāṇabhaṭṭa) I. A Sanskrit poet who lived in the 7th century A.D. He was a member of the assembly of emperor Harṣavardhana. ‘Harṣacarita’ (prose) is the most important work of bāṇa. Though many of the descriptions in this book contain exaggerations it affords plenty of scope for investigation into the features of ancient Sanskrit literature. He has mentioned about vyāsa, Bhaṭṭāra-hariścandra, sātavāhana, pravarasena, bhāsa, kālidāsa and such others.
Harṣacarita, in a sense, is a Romance. It is divided into eight Ucchvāsas. From the first two or three chapters informations could be had of bāṇabhaṭṭa. His mother Rājyadevī died when he was a little boy. At the age of fourteen his father also died. After that he arrived at the palace of harṣa. The story of Harṣacarita begins with the death of prabhākara-vardhana, father of harṣa. The Book ends with the story incomplete. Harṣacarita is the only historic prose work available in Sanskrit.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
बा(वा)णभट्टः,
पुं,
 ग्रन्थकारविशेषः । (स तु काद-म्बर्य्यादिग्रन्थप्रणेता ।) “ननु मङ्गलं कथं क्रियतेमङ्गलाद्बिघ्नध्वंसः विघ्नध्वंसात् प्रारिप्सित-सिद्धिरिति चेन्न । बाणभट्टादेर्मङ्गले सत्यपिग्रन्थसमाप्त्यभावात् माघादौ मङ्गलाभावेऽपिसमाप्तिदर्शनात् ।” इति मुग्धबोधटीकायांदुर्गादासः ।