Kamayani

作者：Jai Shankar Prasad

书名：Kamayani

中文简介：Kamayani（印地语：____）（1936）是Jaishankar Prasad（1889-1937）的印地语史诗（Mahakavya）。它被认为是印地语文学中近代最伟大的文学作品之一。它也被认为是19世纪末20世纪初流行的契哈亚瓦迪印地语诗歌流派的缩影。
 
英文简介：Kamayani depicts the interplay of human emotions, thoughts, and actions by taking mythological metaphors. Kamayani has personalities like Manu, Ida and Śraddhā who are found in the Vedas. The great deluge described in the poem has its origin in Satapatha Brahmana. Explaining his metaphorical presentation of Vedic characters, the poet said:

Ida was the sister of the gods, giving consciousness to the entire mankind. For this reason, there is an Ida Karma in the Yagnas. This erudition of Ida created a rift between Shraddha and Manu. Then with the progressive intelligence searching for unbridled pleasures, the impasse was inevitable. This story is so very ancient that metaphor has wonderfully mingled with history. Therefore Manu, Shraddha and Ida while maintaining their historical importance may also express the symbolic import. Manu represents the mind with its faculties of the head and heart and these are again symbolized as Faith (Shraddha) and Intelligence (Ida) respectively. On this data is based the story of Kamayani.