Bhavakadevi (IAST: Bhāvaka-devī; fl. 12th century or earlier), also known as Bhavadevi, was a Sanskrit poet from present-day India. Her verses are included in early medieval Sanskrit anthologies, including Vidyakara's Subhashita-ratna-kosha,Template:Sfn Sadukti-karnamrita, and Kavindra-vachana-samuchchaya .Template:Sfn
Example verses
In the following verse, Bhavakadevi praises a woman's breasts using a political and military image (translation appears in Octavio Paz's In Light of India):Template:Sfn
Alternative translation by Daniel H. H. Ingalls:Template:Sfn
Another verse expresses the feelings of a woman who becomes disillusioned with her lover after marrying him (translation by Daniel H. H. Ingalls):Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Alternative translation by R. Parthasarathy:Template:Sfn
References
Bibliography
- An anthology of Sanskrit court poetry: Vidyākara's Subhāṣiaratnakoṣa{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Harvard University Press(1965). ISBN 9780674039506
- Nine Indian Women Poets: An Anthology{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Oxford University Press(1997). ISBN 978-0-19-564077-9
- In Light of India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt(1998). ISBN 0-15-600578-6
- Encyclopaedia of Status and Empowerment of Women in India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Mangal Deep(1999). ISBN 978-81-7594-040-6
- Ancient Indian Literature: An Anthology{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Sahitya Akademi(2000). ISBN 978-81-260-0794-3