<!--QuoteBegin-Hauma Hamiddha+Sep 23 2008, 08:50 PM-->QUOTE(Hauma Hamiddha @ Sep 23 2008, 08:50 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-Bharatvarsh+Sep 23 2008, 07:57 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Bharatvarsh @ Sep 23 2008, 07:57 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bodhi do you know what the biography is called and its author, I remember coming across it long ago but cannot seem to remember it now.
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Bodhi- by any chance are you referring to bhoja prabandha- it is freely available on the web in Hindi translation at million books.
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HH, BhV, bhoja-prabandha is quite historically accurate.
I was referring to prabandha-chintAmaNi by merutu~Nga written quite late, at the onset of 14th century
besides the following provide a much broader spectrum of bhoja's life:
- tilaka-ma~njarI
- bhoja-charita by some jain scholar at around the same time
- a rather later recension of vikrama-charitra by another jaina scholar named shubhashIla gaNi
- navasAhasA~Nka-charita by parimal (or padmagupta) the court poet of bhoja's father/uncle who stopped writing after mu~nja's death but still wrote after much insisted
- even court historians of Akbar could not ignore bhoja's glory. (Looks like totally devoid of all/any qualities of bhoja, Akbar might have fancied himself after him). So we find abul fazl recording some incidents related to bhoja, though watering his glory down quite a bit, but some of these not mentioned in others. Chinese travelers wrote quite a good amount on him as well...
bhojadeva's life is quite a minefield of Hindu glory and brilliance, where valour, military genius, scholarship of top class and above all benevolence all come together! And in a very sustained way, not just a flash in pan. It is not without a reason that when all other kings are languishing on the dead pages of history, he, like shivaji, lives on as a legend in hindu subconcious, no matter howmuch seculars ignore him! Also consider this: he was a perpetual enemy and subjugator of middle-south, Andhra rulers etc. And still, a large number of bhoja-material is found from Andhra in telugu script. So he must have been very much beloved of people. (By the way HH, your brilliant article on bhoja has found its way to wikipedia. nice. more pls.) I hope to attempt writing some day on this genius too.
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Bodhi- by any chance are you referring to bhoja prabandha- it is freely available on the web in Hindi translation at million books.
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HH, BhV, bhoja-prabandha is quite historically accurate.
I was referring to prabandha-chintAmaNi by merutu~Nga written quite late, at the onset of 14th century
besides the following provide a much broader spectrum of bhoja's life:
- tilaka-ma~njarI
- bhoja-charita by some jain scholar at around the same time
- a rather later recension of vikrama-charitra by another jaina scholar named shubhashIla gaNi
- navasAhasA~Nka-charita by parimal (or padmagupta) the court poet of bhoja's father/uncle who stopped writing after mu~nja's death but still wrote after much insisted
- even court historians of Akbar could not ignore bhoja's glory. (Looks like totally devoid of all/any qualities of bhoja, Akbar might have fancied himself after him). So we find abul fazl recording some incidents related to bhoja, though watering his glory down quite a bit, but some of these not mentioned in others. Chinese travelers wrote quite a good amount on him as well...
bhojadeva's life is quite a minefield of Hindu glory and brilliance, where valour, military genius, scholarship of top class and above all benevolence all come together! And in a very sustained way, not just a flash in pan. It is not without a reason that when all other kings are languishing on the dead pages of history, he, like shivaji, lives on as a legend in hindu subconcious, no matter howmuch seculars ignore him! Also consider this: he was a perpetual enemy and subjugator of middle-south, Andhra rulers etc. And still, a large number of bhoja-material is found from Andhra in telugu script. So he must have been very much beloved of people. (By the way HH, your brilliant article on bhoja has found its way to wikipedia. nice. more pls.) I hope to attempt writing some day on this genius too.