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Kadambari: Bana
by Banabhatta
Boy, were everybody DRAMATIC. I had to skip a few scenes because they just went on and on, PLS STAHP. But this was common for the style of that time, as Bhanabhatta is among those literati who wrote in prose rather than poetry, which was much more fashionable. Many sentences read like poetry.
As a romance/ adventure novel, it serves adequately. I loved the story within a story style, it was intricate but the writer is so skillful that you were never lost. All his characters are unique and recognizable even though there were so many of them.
It had a wonderfully interesting background of days long lost. I was sad that many of the old traditions were lost (especially purification rituals, which really were for hygiene, health and beauty). The mention of all the different medicinal herbs was very interesting. However. I'm glad that some traditions are gone and hope they stay that way. Banabhatta mentioned the chandala peoples, but he places them in such poor light, it's quite sickening. The time period in which he lived is the one where Vedic ideals on division of labor were lost and twisted into the power-greedy caste horror it is today. Women had hardly any power either, and that also makes me glad I live in this era.
A fun read and well recommended.
As a romance/ adventure novel, it serves adequately. I loved the story within a story style, it was intricate but the writer is so skillful that you were never lost. All his characters are unique and recognizable even though there were so many of them.
It had a wonderfully interesting background of days long lost. I was sad that many of the old traditions were lost (especially purification rituals, which really were for hygiene, health and beauty). The mention of all the different medicinal herbs was very interesting. However. I'm glad that some traditions are gone and hope they stay that way. Banabhatta mentioned the chandala peoples, but he places them in such poor light, it's quite sickening. The time period in which he lived is the one where Vedic ideals on division of labor were lost and twisted into the power-greedy caste horror it is today. Women had hardly any power either, and that also makes me glad I live in this era.
A fun read and well recommended.