TY - BOOK AU - Prahlada dvivedi TI - Sanskrit ke aitihasika mahakavya evam vikramankadeva charita SN - 9788177023497 U1 - 891.2109 P8844 S PY - 2014/// CY - Delhi PB - Pratibha prakashan KW - Vikramāṅkadevacarita (Bilhaṇa) KW - Epic poetry, Sanskrit N1 - 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 ER -