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Into the Twilight of Sanskrit Court Poetry 9780520957794_PRINT.indd i 9780520957794_PRINT.indd i 01/02/14 4:28 PM 01/02/14 4:28 PM south asia across the disciplines Edited by Muzaffar Alam, Robert Goldman, and Gauri Viswanathan Dipesh Chakrabarty, Sheldon Pollock, and Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Founding Editors Funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and jointly published by the University of California Press, the University of Chicago Press, and Columbia University Press. For a list of books in the series, see page 211. 9780520957794_PRINT.indd ii 9780520957794_PRINT.indd ii 01/02/14 4:28 PM 01/02/14 4:28 PM [100.25.40.11] Project MUSE (2024-03-19 08:21 GMT) Into the Twilight of Sanskrit Court Poetry the sena salon of bengal and beyond Jesse Ross Knutson u n i v e r s i t y o f c a l i f o r n i a p r e s s b e r k e l e y l o s a n g e l e s l o n d o n 9780520957794_PRINT.indd iii 9780520957794_PRINT.indd iii 01/02/14 4:28 PM 01/02/14 4:28 PM University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England© 2014 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Knutson, Jesse. Into the Twilight of Sanskrit Court Poetry : the Sena Salon of Bengal and Beyond / Jesse Ross Knutson. p. cm. — (South Asia Across the Disciplines) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-520-28205-6 (cloth, alk. paper) isbn 978-0-520-95779-4 (pbk., alk. paper) 1. Sanskrit poetry—History and criticism. 2. Poetics—History—To 1500. 3. Bengal (India)—Intellectual life. 4. Bengal (India)—Court and courtiers. I. Title. PK2916.K58 2014 891′.21009—dc23 2013032560 Manufactured in the United States of America 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 In keeping with a commitment to support environmentally responsible and sustainable printing practices, UC Press has printed this book on Natures Natural, a fiber that contains 30% post-consumer waste and meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39.48–1992 (r 1997) (Permanence of Paper). 9780520957794_PRINT.indd iv 9780520957794_PRINT.indd iv 01/02/14 4:28 PM 01/02/14 4:28 PM [100.25.40.11] Project MUSE (2024-03-19 08:21 GMT) To my beloved Nandini Chandra, wife and comrade 9780520957794_PRINT.indd v 9780520957794_PRINT.indd v 01/02/14 4:28 PM 01/02/14 4:28 PM 9780520957794_PRINT.indd vi 9780520957794_PRINT.indd vi 01/02/14 4:28 PM 01/02/14 4:28 PM ...