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Battle as Banquet: A Metaphor in Saraddsa
A banquet metaphor is employed in the early manuscripts of Saradasa's poems describing the
battle between Rama and Ravana. After discussing the novelty of the metaphor in this context, I
argue that it supplies us with two new sources for the Rama poems by Saradasa, namely, the
Anandardmdyana
andthe Hanumannataka.
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This sacrifice metaphor for war is traditionally more acceptable, more common. One finds it employed in the RdmaRavana battle context as early as the 8th century A.D.
(cf. Bulcke 1971:201) in Murari's play Anargha-rdghava, act
7, vs. 2 (appendix 3). In the Camp4-rdmdyana (Yuddhakdanda,vs. 38) written around the 11th century A.D. (Bulcke
1971:215), one finds the same metaphor used in an utterance
attributed to Rama (v. appendix 4). Rama says that he would
like to offer the tenth head of Rdvana as an oblation to the
War-goddess. Even Tulasiddsa in the 17th century A.D. uses it
in the context of Lank&-dahanaby Hanumdn in Kavitdvali,
Sundara-kdnda, 7. War as a ritual sacrifice, the heads of the
enemies as the oblations in the sacrifice, and the final pacification of the Death-fire, kdldnala, is a well-known metaphor,
handled by many poets and dramatists.
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Gupta1947:23-24;Dube 1976:84;Sharma1984:8,etc.
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APPENDICES
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9. Suiradasa(Al:177,
ucita keli katu tikta tajata patu amala ulati amkama hathi
dharai
nasa sata sara kaca-graha cumhbanasarapi samarpi parama
rucikarai
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