Harṣacarita
Work
ID: 109565
Full name: Harṣacarita
Year: 600 c.
Site of composition: Kannauj
Language: Sanskrit
Discipline: Kāvya
Genre: Carita, Gadyakāvya
Structure: 8 cantos called āśvāsa-s
Name in local script: हर्षचरित
Story:
- Bāṇabhaṭṭa’s Harṣacarita is the archetype for the quasi-historical subgenre (ākhyāyikā) of prose kāvya. It gives a biographical account of the king Harṣa-vardhana in eight cantos called āśvāsa-s.
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Commentaries on this work: Harṣacarita-vārtika
Mentions of this work: Dhvanyāloka, Śabdārthasandīpikā
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