Pradyumna Sambhava Mahakavya composed by govinda Misra of Orissa in the eighteenth century has nineteen cantos. Although Krsna and Rukmini are the main protagonists here the poet has composed this Mahakavya in the imitation of the Kumarasambhava of Kalidasa. Fulfilling all the requisites of a Mahakavya, the text is rich in descriptions like human body, flora, fauna, Rasa,Alamkara’s and prosody. The text is also rich in proverbial usages. The text is unique un the fact that at a time when the literary tradition of Orissa was totally influenced by the Tradition of Gitagovinda, which described parakiya priti, a new poets like Govinda Misra tried to give importance to svakiya priti.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mamta Mishra
Dr. Mamta Mishra is an experienced Sanskrit scholar, trained both in traditional and modern methods of learning. She obtained her Acarya degree from the Rashtriya Snaskrit Sansthan, New Delhi and M.A. and Ph.D. in Sanskrit from utkal University, Bhubaneswar. She started her career in the Manuscript section of the Orissa state Museum, Bhubaneswar since 1976 and worked with scholars like Pt. Nilamani Mishra, Curator of Manuscript section, OSM. Later in Chennai she worked with Prof.K.V.Sharma. With 23 years of long service at this august institution Dr. Mishra has acquired great acumen in reading, copying and editing Sanskrit manuscripts. To her credit, she has edited(1) Satyanarayana puja, (2) Kapila Samhita, (3) sangita Sarani Published by orissa Sangita Academy.
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