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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Bāṇabhaṭṭa<br />
| occupation = Poet, writer<br />
| works = ''[[Harshacharita]]'', ''[[Kadambari]]''<br />
| father = Chitrabhānu<br />
| mother = Rājadevi<br />
| birth_place = Pritikuta<br />
| children = Bhūṣaṇabhaṭṭa (son)<br />
| relatives = [[Mayurbhatta|Mayūrabhaṭṭa]] (brother-in-law)<br />
}}<br />
'''Bāṇabhaṭṭa''' ({{langx|sa|बाणभट्ट}}) was a 7th-century [[Sanskrit]] prose writer and poet from India. He was the court poet of Emperor [[Harsha]], during his reign at [[Kanyakubja]]. Bāna's principal works include a biography of Harsha, the ''[[Harshacharita]]''<ref>{{cite web | title = Sthanvishvara (historical region, India) |publisher= Encyclopædia Britannica | url = http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/566090/Sthanvishvara | access-date = 2014-08-09 }}</ref> and the novel ''[[Kadambari]]''. Bāṇa died before finishing the novel and it was completed by his son Bhūṣaṇabhaṭṭa. Both these works are noted texts of Sanskrit literature.<ref name="Datta1988">{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: devraj to jyoti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1339|year=1988|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1194-0|pages=1339–}}</ref> The other works attributed to him are the ''Caṇḍikāśataka'' and a drama, the ''Pārvatīpariṇaya''. Banabhatta gets an applause as "''Banochhistam Jagatsarvam''" meaning Bana has described everything in this world and nothing is left.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
A detailed account regarding his ancestry and early life can be reconstructed from the introductory verses attached to the ''[[Kadambari]]'' and the first two ''ucchāvasas'' of the ''[[Harshacharita|Harṣacarita]]'', while the circumstances behind the composition of the ''Harṣacarita'' are described in the third ''ucchāvasa'' of the text. ''Harsacarita'' is considered as the first Indian work which may be regarded as a historical biography. It gives a vivid picture of life in the Indian countryside.<ref>Sreedharan, E, "A Manual of Historical Research Methodology." Trivandrum, Centre for South Indian Studies, 2007, {{ISBN|978-81-905928-0-2}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=TG6PXBKwXNMC]</ref><br />
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Bāna was born to Chitrabhānu and [[Raja Devi Bakhsh Singh|Rājadevi]] in the village of Pritikuta in a [[Kanyakubja Brahmin]] family.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Upinder |title=History Of Ancient And Early Medieval India From The Stone Age To The 12th Century |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |page=110 |url=https://archive.org/details/history-of-ancient-and-early-medeival-india-from-the-stone-age-to-the-12th-century-pdfdrive/page/n110/mode/1up?q=Shandilya |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|author=J. Krishnamoorthy|title=Makers of Indian literature|url=https://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/pdf/Banabhatta.pdf|publisher=Sahitya Akademi}}</ref> His mother died early leaving him in the loving care of his father. His father married again and had two more sons. After the death of his father when he was 14, Bāṇa led a colourful and wandering life with his half-brothers for a period but later came back to his native village. Here, on a summer day, on receiving a letter from Krishna, a cousin of [[Harsha|Emperor Harsha]], he met the emperor while he was camping near the town of Manitara. After receiving Bāna with mock signs of anger, the emperor showed him much favor.<br />
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==Works==<br />
{{see|List of Sanskrit plays in English translation}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=Bana|title=The Parvati Parinaya of Banabhatta, with Sanskrit Commentary, English Notes and Tr., by T.R. Ratnam Aiyar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vLMCMwEACAAJ|year=1898|publisher=Madras}}<br />
* Bana (tr. G. Layne), ''[http://n2t.net/ark:/13960/t2q61661z Bāṇabhaṭṭa Kādambarī. A Classic Sanskrit Story of Magical Transformations]'' [http://n2t.net/ark:/13960/t2q61661z (New York: Garland, 1991).]<br />
*''Harshacharita'': The ''Harshacharita'' ({{Langx|sa|हर्षचरित|Harṣacarita|The deeds of Harsha}}) is the biography of Indian emperor [[Harsha]] by Banabhatta. The ''Harshacharita'' was the first composition of Bana and is considered to be the beginning of the writing of historical poetic works in the Sanskrit language.<br />
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==References==<br />
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* The Harsacharita of Bana. Translated by [[E. B. Cowell]] and [[F. W. Thomas]]. London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1897, 4–34.<br />
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==Biography Books==<br />
* {{cite book|author=Sakharam Vasudeo Dixit|title=Bāṇabhaṭṭa: His Life & Literature|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.312730|year=1963|publisher=A.S. Dixit}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=Neeta Sharma|title=Banabhatta: a literary study|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12206|date= 1968|publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=K. Krishnamoorthy|title=Banabhatta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LZXldPqbIkUC|date=1982|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-674-6}}<br />
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* {{cite book| title = The Harsa-carita of Bana (online text)|author=Banabhatta |others=[[E. B. Cowell]], [[F. W. Thomas]] (trans.) |url = https://archive.org/stream/harsacaritaofban00banaiala#page/n7/mode/2up|publisher=London : Royal Asiatic Society|year=1897}}<br />
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