Essay name: The Kalika Purana (literary study)
Author:
Dilip Kumar Goswami
Affiliation: Gauhati University / Department of Sanskrit
This essay studies the literary aspects of the Kalikapurana, a vital Sanskrit text rich in social, philosophical, and historical content. While previous studies focused on socio-cultural dimensions, this work aims to evaluate the Kalika-purana鈥檚 literary merits through various thematic chapters, addressing areas like Rasas and Chandas.
Chapter 5 - Rasa in the Kalika-purana
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Mrcchakatika of Sudrake, a cloudy evening with resoundings
of thunder storm and with torrents of rain has been taken
as the background of sambhoga of Carudatta and Vasantasena.
Jayadeva also draws a picture of cloudy sky under which
Krsna and Radha played their love sports. In reality,
"Varsa works more affectively as uddipanavibh膩va of sem-
bhoga and hence it becomes more touching and more affective
in the case of Vipralambha". 7 In the KP also the poet has
chosen the rainy season as uddipana vibh膩va to portray the
Siva
love in union of sive and Sati.
When siva entered in the valley of Mah膩kausi with
Sati then Vasanta, at the request of Kamadeva exhibited his
wealth in everything on earth around Samkara. Spring is
always favourable to Sambhoga grng膩ra. K膩lid膩sa in his
KS draws a graphic picture of the spring season in third
canto to ground for the love of siva and P膩rvati.
7. M.M. Sharma, 'Vars膩 aru 艢峁沶g膩ra' Upam膩k膩lid膩sasya,
p. 59.
