Sanskrit ke aitihasika mahakavya evam vikramankadeva charita Hindi
- 1st ed
- Delhi Pratibha prakashan 2014
- 384
According to legend, the Brahman Bilhana fell in love with the daughter of King Madanabhirama, Princess Yaminipurnatilaka, and had a secretive love affair. They were discovered, and Bilhana was thrown into prison. While awaiting judgement, he wrote the Caurapâñcâśikâ, a fifty-stanza love poem, not knowing whether he would be sent into exile or die on the gallows. It is unknown what fate Bilhana encountered. Nevertheless, his poem was transmitted orally around India.
Aitihasika mahakavyo ka sandarbha, Etihasika kavya.