History of Sanskrit Poetics c6.33

c6.33

¹ Vide p. 107 above for Bāṇa’s words saying that the कादम्बरी was a कथा and हर्षचरित was a आख्यायिका. It is strange that Dr. De (in H. S. P. vol. I. p. 67) remarks ‘Bāṇa designates his Harṣacarita as a Kathā and his Kādambarī as Ākhyāyikā.’ There is either a slip of the pen here or Dr. De has altogether forgotten the last Intro. verse of the कादम्बरी ‘द्विजेन...धिया निबद्धमतीद्वयी कथा’ and Bāṇa’s son’s words ‘याते दिवं पितरि तद्वसैवं सार्धं विच्छेदमाप भुवि यस्तु कथाप्रबन्धः । and verse 6 ‘चित्रा कथाघटनाय मयापि वाक्षी. The 19th Intro. verse to the हर्षचरित is ‘तथापि नृपतेर्भक्त्या...करोम्याख्यायिकाम्भोधौ जिह्वाप्लवनचापलम् ॥’. Nothing could be clearer than this.