UCC ID: UCCIK-417387

NCC ID: UCCIK-14.8a.7

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Name Of The Author: बिल्हण (Bilhaṇa)

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Details Of The Author: Son of Jyeṣṭhakalaśa and Nāgadevī and grandson of Rājakalaśa of Kashmir; middle of 11th Cent.; left home in about 1062 ̶ 65 A. D. and went to different courts before he composed his historical poem Vikramāṅkadevacarita in C. 1085 A. D. in the court of Cālukya Vikramāditya VI of Kalyan; ment. by Kalhaṇa in Rājataraṅgiṇī VII. 938; by Maṅkha in Śrīkaṇṭhacarita, Report CXII; q. by Gadādhara in Rasikajīvana, BORI. D. XII. 247; in Sp. and Sbhv. and other anthologies; by Bhoja in Śṛṅgāraprakāśa. See V. Raghavan Bhoja's Śṛṅgāraprakāśa p. 857. On Bilhaṇa and his works see B. N. Misra, Studies on Bilhaṇa and his Vikramāṅkadevacarita.