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'''Bhavabhuti''' was an 8th-century scholar of [[India]] noted for his plays and poetry, written in [[Sanskrit]]. His plays are considered the equal of the works of [[Kalidasa]]. Bhavabhuti was born in Padmapura, [[Vidarbha]], in Gondia district, on [[Maharashtra]] and Madhya Pradesh border. He is described as an 'Udumbara Brahmin'.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kosambi |first1=D.D. |title=Combined Methods in Indology |page=16 |url=http://www.ms.uky.edu/~sohum/ma330/files/kosambitext.pdf}}</ref><br />
His real name was ''Srikantha Nilakantha'', and he was the son of Nilakantha and Jatukarni. He received his education at 'Padmapawaya', a place some 42&nbsp;km South-West of [[Gwalior]].<br />
Dayananidhi Paramahansa is known to be his [[guru]]. He composed his historical plays at 'Kalpi', a place on banks of river [[Yamuna]].<br />
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He is believed to have been the court poet of king [[Yashovarman]] of [[Kannauj]]. [[Kalhana]], the 12th-century historian, places him in the entourage of the king, who was defeated by [[Lalitaditya Muktapida]], king of Kashmir, in 736 AD.<br />
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==Malatimadhava==<br />
The play is set in the city of Padmavati. The king desires that his minister's daughter Malati marry a youth called Nandana. Malati is in love with Madhava ever since she saw him and drew his portrait. Madhava reciprocates, and draws a portrait of her in turn. Malati suspects her father's motives in falling in with the King's plans for her. A side plot involves the lovers' friends Makaranda and Madayantika. The latter is attacked by a tiger, and Makaranda rescues her, getting wounded in the process. After numerous travails, all ends well, with the two couples uniting. According to the renowned Sanskritist [[Daniel H. H. Ingalls, Sr.|Daniel H.H. Ingalls]], the Malatimadhava is a work that combines love and horror with a felicity never again equaled in Sanskrit literature.<ref>{{citation | title = An Anthology of Sanskrit Court Poetry |author1=Vidyakara | author2=Daniel H.H. Ingalls|publisher=[[Harvard Oriental Series]] Volume 44|page = 75}}</ref><br />
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==Indebtedness to [[Chanakya|Kautilya]] and [[Arthashastra]]==<br />
According to [[Dasharatha Sharma]], the dramatists [[Kalidasa]] and Bhavabhuti utilized the ''[[Arthashastra]]'' of [[Chanakya|Kautilya]] while composing their famous works. Kalidasa is indebted to Kautilya's ''Arthashastra'' for material in the ''Raghuvamsa''.<ref>Indian Historical Quarterly Vol XXV, part 2</ref> Similarly, Bhavabhuti utilizes words and ideas from the ''Arthashastra'' in the ''Malatimadhava'' and the ''Mahaviracharita''. There is indeed a striking resemblance between the methods advocated by ''Ravana's'' minister, ''Malayavana'' and the policies suggested by Kautilya in the ''Arthashastra''.<ref>'Bhavabhuti's Indebtedness to Kautilya' Journal of the Ganganath Jha Research Institute Vol VIII, part 3, May 1951</ref><br />
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==Legacy==<br />
Late Laxmanrao Mankar Guruji named his education society as "Bhavbhuti Education Society" in 1950.<br />
Yashodabai Rahile founded "Bhavbhuti Mandal" (community) in 1996. O.C. Patel published a book "Bhavbhuti ab geeton mein" (Bhavbhuti, now in his songs), he also has published some audio CDs and cassettes to keep the legend's memories alive. State's local TV channel, [[Sayhyadri]] and E TV [[Marathi language|Marathi]] telecasts some documentaries on the life of this great poet. People and some non profit groups have erected a few statues in the region where the poet belongs to.<br />
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==Works==<br />
* ''[[Mahaviracharita]]'' (The story of the highly courageous one), depicting the early life of [[Rama]]<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/malatimadhavaors00bhavuoft ''Malatimadhava''] a play based on the romance of Malati and Madhava<br />
* ''[[Uttararamacarita]]'' (The story of Rama's later life), depicts Rama's coronation, the abandonment of [[Sita]], and their reunion<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*The ''Uttara Rama Charita'' of Bhavabhuti. With Sanskrit commentary by Pandit Bhatji Shastri Ghate of Nagpur and a close English translation by Vinayak Sadashiv Patvardhan. The Nyaya Sudha Press, [[Nagpur]] 1895 [https://books.google.com/books?id=XxMpAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:uttara+intitle:rama+intitle:charita&hl=en&sa=X&ei=G-g3T6JYzsexAs6h7PoB&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=intitle%3Auttara%20intitle%3Arama%20intitle%3Acharita&f=false]<br />
*Rama's later history or ''Uttara-Ram-Charita'' of Bhavabhuti. Critically edited with notes and an English transltation by Shripad Krishna Belvalkar. Harvard University Press 1915 [https://books.google.com/books?id=9t7TAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=rama%27s+later+history+uttara+rama+charita&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pRMKT8TnBcKNsQKd8NmQCg&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=rama%27s%20later%20history%20uttara%20rama%20charita&f=false]<br />
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