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KADAMIBAR XXX We shall briefly point out some of the meritsanddefects of Bana's writings. The student vill do well to read Dr Peterson's eloquent appreciation of Bana in his Introduction to the Kadambar (pp. 36–48). 1. He shows great skill and discrimination in chara- cterization. All the characters in the Kadambari are life-like and consistent. The gentle and youthful Harta; the generous and loving king Tarpfda; the trusted Sukanasa rlhose first thought was always for the king; the tender jueen Vilasavati; the devoted Pattralekhi, who followed the prince Chandrीpfda like his shadow ; the affectionate yet stern Kapinjala; Mahasveta, holy in mind as she was fair in body, who serves as the foil for the heroinethese are characters that are bouud to make a deep impression on the heart of the reader. Eana, however, lavished all his skill in depicting the hero and tre heroine of his romance. We think that Bana, as has been remarked in the case of Shakespeare, was more successful in delineating his heroime than his hero. On Kadambar in particular, Bada has spent all his vealth of observation, fulness of imagery, and keenness of sympathyFrom the moment when for the first time her eye falls and rests on Chandrapida, this image of a naiden heart, torn by the confieting emotions of love and virgim shameof hope and despondency, of cherished filial duty and a newborm longing, of fear of the world's scorn and the knowledge that a world given in exchange for this will be a world well lost, takes full possession of the reader. Though the Kadambari contains glowing deseriptions of love, bhey are chaste and free from grossness of any kind. In this respect the Dasakumaracharita contrasts most unfavourably with the Kadambari. In the former, the reader वक्रोक्तिमार्गनिपुणाश्चतुर्थे विद्यते न वा –राघवपाण्डवीय I. 41. लेपे केचन शब्दगुम्फविषये केचिद्रसे चापरेऽ लंकारे कतिचित्सदर्थविषये चान्ये कथावर्णने । आ सर्वत्र गभीरधीरकविताविन्ध्याटवीचातुरी सधारी कविकुम्भिकुम्भभिदुरो बाणस्तु पधाननः ॥–श्रीचन्द्रदेव, (the last ) quoted from MrParakhi's work.