Sanskryckie inskrypcje : niedoceniony rozdział w historii klasycznej literatury indyjskiej
alternative title:
Sanskrit inscriptions : an underestimated chapter of classical Indian literature
author:
Sudyka Lidia
journal title:
Wratislaviensium Studia Classica olim Classica Wratislaviensia
volume:
6-7 (37-38)
date of publication
:
2018
year:
2017-2018
pages:
104-121
ISSN:
0578-4387
eISSN:
2449-6901
notes:
Bibliogr. s. 120-121
language:
Polish
journal language:
Polish
abstract in English:
There can be no doubts that the knowledge about precolonial Indian past relies heavily on
inscriptional sources. Without epigraphic texts we would hardly know the chronology, or different
forms of social, political and economic life. However, after so many years of studying the inscriptions,
the fact that some of them need attention simply because they belong to the realm of poetry
is still almost overlooked. Inscriptional poetry was completely neglected by Sanskrit theoreticians
of literature. The Western as well as Indian modern scholarship in fact seems to share this attitude,
although a certain change has been noticed at the end of the 20th century. The presents paper not
only aims at presenting indisputable literary merits of the selected specimens but tries to find the
reasons why the voice of creators of public poetry was silenced and has no proper place in history
of Sanskrit classical literature.
keywords in Polish:
indyjska epigrafia, literatura kawja, sanskryckie inskrypcje, Watsabhatti, Dewagana, inskrypcja króla Manadewy
keywords in English:
Indian epigraphy, kāvya literature, Sanskrit inscriptions, Vatsabhaṭṭi, Devagaṇa, inscription of King Mānadeva