Kavi Karnapura
Kavi Karnapura | |
|---|---|
| Native name | কবি কর্ণপুরা |
| Born | Paramananda Sen 1524 Nadia, West Bengal |
| Occupation | Poet, saint |
| Language | Bengali |
| Genre | Mythology, philosophy |
| Notable works | Chaitanya Charanamrita, Chaitanya Chandrodaya, Alamkara-Kaustubha |
Kavi Karnapura or Kavikarnapura (Bengali: কবি কর্ণপুরা, born as Parmananda Sen) was a 16th-century Indian Bengali poet in Sanskrit; best known for verse works, Chaitanya Charanamrita (Mahakavya) and Chaitanya Chandrodaya (Nataka).[1][2] He was a junior contemporary of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.[3]
Life and works
Kavi Karnapura was born as (Paramananda Sen) the son of Shivananda Sen, a Vaidya[4] and a prominent disciple of Chaitanya. He was born on 1524 in Nadia district of Bengal, about a decade before Chaitanya's passing in 1533 and met Chaitanya several times in Puri and was received the honorific title of 'Kavi Karnapura' ('he 'who adern the poets' ears') by Chaitanya.[5] He was spent his last days at Vrindavan.[6]
He has written extensively on the life and teaching of Chaitanya and on the faith of bhakti movement. These include the 'Mahakavya' and 'Nataka' referred to earlier, Alamkara-Kaustubha (on devotional sentiments), Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika (Hagiology), Ananda -Vrindavana-Champa (Interpretation of Krishnalila) and a commentary on the Srimad Bhagavat. Karnapura sought to systematize the faith within a theoretical framework.[3]
References
- ^ DR. VISHNULOK BIHARI SRIVASTAVA (15 November 2012). Dictionary Of Indology. V&S Publishers. pp. 108–. ISBN 978-93-5057-235-1.
- ^ Sujit Mukherjee (1998). A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Beginnings-1850. Orient Blackswan. pp. 174–. ISBN 978-81-250-1453-9.
- ^ a b Hitesranjan Sanyal (13 December 2018). Trends of Change in Bhakti Movement in Bengal. OUP India. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-0-19-909562-9.
- ^ Karṇapūra (1854). Chaitanya-chandrodaya; Or, The Incarnation of Chaitanya: A Drama in Ten Acts. With a Commentary Explanatory of the Prákrita Passages. J. Thomas, at the Baptist Mission Press. pp. 6–.
- ^ Rembert Lutjeharms (23 August 2018). A Vaisnava Poet in Early Modern Bengal: Kavikarnapura's Splendour of Speech. OUP Oxford. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-0-19-256192-3.
- ^ Aloka Lahiri (1993). Chaitanya Movement in Eastern India. Punthi Pustak. ISBN 978-81-85094-67-0.