TY - JOUR AU - Gönc Moačanin, Klara PY - 2019/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Crossing Boundaries and Transforming Experiences in "Kāvya" Literature JF - Cracow Indological Studies JA - CracowIndologicalStudies VL - 21 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.12797/CIS.21.2019.02.04 UR - https://journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/1071 SP - 125-137 AB - <p><strong>Crossing Boundaries and Transforming Experiences in "Kāvya" Literature</strong></p><p>Some boundaries can never be crossed but boundaries in literature seem to be like no boundaries at all, whether in the geographical, mythological, literary or literal sense. A few of the examples from <em>kāvya</em> literature can be seen in Kālidāsa’s <em>Abhijñānaśākuntala</em> vs. the story of <em>Śakuntalā</em> in the <em>Mahābhārata</em> and in his <em>Vikramorvaśīya</em> vs. the story of <em>Purūravas</em> and <em>Urvaśī</em> in RV 10, 95. In kathā literature geographical hindrances are easily crossed as in Daṇḍin’s <em>Daśakumāracarita</em> and also in Subandhu’s <em>Vāsavadattā</em>. In Bāṇa’s <em>Kādambarī</em> crossing the boundaries happens in space and time through different reincarnations of his characters. <em>Kāvya</em> authors often crossed boundaries by evoking mythological and epic figures, alluding to earlier works, using known motifs, themes and citations, and created new experiences by transforming them.</p> ER -