Vasavadatta
Sign in to saveVasavadatta is also a character in the Svapnavasavadatta and the Vina-Vasavadatta thumb|right|Vasavadhata - oil painting by Rajasekharan Parameswaran. Vasavadatta (, ) is a classical Sanskrit romantic tale (akhyayika) written in an ornate style by Subandhu, whose time period isn't precisely known. He is generally taken to have written the work in the second quarter of the seventh century. However, scholar Maan Singh has stated that he was a courtier of the Gupta emperors Kumaragupta I (414-455) and Skandagupta (455-467), dating him between 385 and 465 AD.
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- Author
- Subandhu
- First published
- 1913
- Editions
- 4
- Subjects
- Subandhu / Vāsavadattā, Sanskrit fiction, Early works to 1800
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- वासवदत्ता
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Vasavadatta is also a character in the Svapnavasavadatta and the Vina-Vasavadatta thumb|right|Vasavadhata - oil painting by Rajasekharan Parameswaran. Vasavadatta (, ) is a classical Sanskrit romantic tale (akhyayika) written in an ornate style by Subandhu, whose time period isn't precisely known. He is generally taken to have written the work in the second quarter of the seventh century. However, scholar Maan Singh has stated that he was a courtier of the Gupta emperors Kumaragupta I (414-455) and Skandagupta (455-467), dating him between 385 and 465 AD.
The work's style has been described as "developed, elaborate, ornate and pedantic" and has influenced later prose writers. The Kanchanadarpana of Sivarama Tripathin (18th century) and the Tattvadipini of Jagaddhara are two significant works of criticism and commentary on the Vasavadatta.