Kavi Karnapura

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.

[SRIVASTAVA2012-1] DR. VISHNULOK BIHARI SRIVASTAVA (15 November 2012). Dictionary Of Indology. V&S Publishers. pp. 108–. ISBN 978-93-5057-235-1.

[Mukherjee1998-2] Sujit Mukherjee (1998). A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Beginnings-1850. Orient Blackswan. pp. 174–. ISBN 978-81-250-1453-9.

[Sanyal2018-3] Hitesranjan Sanyal (13 December 2018). Trends of Change in Bhakti Movement in Bengal. OUP India. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-0-19-909562-9.

[Karṇapūra1854-4] 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–.

[Lutjeharms2018-5] 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.

[Lahiri1993-6] Aloka Lahiri (1993). Chaitanya Movement in Eastern India. Punthi Pustak. ISBN 978-81-85094-67-0.

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