Bāṇabhaṭṭa

Asthana Kavi

Bāṇabhaṭṭa
Asthana Kavi; Bāṇabhaṭṭa
Born	Pritikuta, Pushyabhuti Empire (present-day Bihar, India)
Occupation(s)	Poet, writer, author.
Works	Harshacharita ; Kadambari
Children	Bhūṣaṇabhaṭṭa (son)
Parents	Chitrabhānu (father); Rājadevi (mother);
Relatives	Mayūrabhaṭṭa (brother-in-law)

Bāṇabhaṭṭa (Sanskrit: बाणभट्ट) was a 7th-century Sanskrit prose writer and poet from India. He was the Asthana Kavi in the court of the Emperor Harsha, who reigned c. 606–647 CE in northern India, first from Sthanvishvara, and later Kanyakubja. Bāna's principal works include a biography of Harsha, the Harshacharita (The Life of Harsha), and one of the world's earliest novels, Kadambari. Bāṇa died before finishing the novel and it was completed by his son Bhūṣaṇabhaṭṭa. Both these works are noted texts of Sanskrit literature. 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.

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