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Kshemendra (IAST: Kṣemendra; c.990 – c.1070 CE) was an 11th-century Sanskrit polymath-poet, satirist, philosopher, historian,[1] dramatist, translator[2] and art-critic[3] from Kashmir in India.[4]


Biography


Kshemendra was born into an old, cultured, and affluent family.[5] His father was Prakashendra, a descendant of Narendra who was the minister to Jayapida.[6] Both his education and literary output were broad and varied. He studied literature under "the foremost teacher of his time, the celebrated Shaiva philosopher and literary exponent Abhinavagupta".[5] Kshemendra was born a Shaiva, but later became a Vaishnava.[6] He studied and wrote about both Vaishnavism and Buddhism.[7] His son, Somendra, provides details about his father in his introduction to the Avadana Kalpalata and other works. Kshemendra refers to himself in his works as Vyasadasa (IAST: Vyāsadāsa; Slave of Vyasa), a title which was perhaps won or adopted after the completion of his Bhāratamañjari.[6]

Kshemendra was in great demand as a skilled abridger of long texts.[6] His literary career extended from at least 1037 (his earliest dated work, Brihatkathāmanjari, a verse summary of the lost "Northwestern" Bṛhatkathā; itself a recension of Gunadhya's lost Bṛhatkathā — "Great Story") to 1066 (his latest dated work, Daśavataracharita, "an account of the ten incarnations of the god Viṣnu").[8]


Extant works


Around eighteen of Kshemendra's works are still extant while fourteen more are known only through references in other literature.[6] In addition to the genres listed below, he also composed plays, descriptive poems, a satirical novel, a history, and possibly a commentary on the Kāma Sūtra.[9]


Abridgements



Poetics



Satires



Didactic works



Devotional works



Historical Work



Notes


  1. www.wisdomlib.org (29 August 2014). "Kshemendra, Kṣemendra, Kshema-indra: 10 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  2. Choudhuri, Indra Nath. "Towards an Indian Theory of Translation". Indian Literature. 54 (5): 113–123. JSTOR 23348221.
  3. "Kshemendra's Views on Aptness in Art". University of Hyderabad Herald. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  4. "Kshemendra". Penguin Random House India. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. Haksar 2011, p. xv.
  6. Warder 1992, p. 365.
  7. Haksar 2011, pp. xv–xvi.
  8. Haksar 2011, pp. xvii–xviii.
  9. Haksar 2011, pp. xvii, 153–154.
  10. Nagarajan, k s (1970). Contribution Of Kashmir To Sanskrit Literature. p. 540.

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