Shishupala-vadha (Study)
by Shila Chakraborty | 2018 | 112,267 words
This page relates ‘Conclusion’ of the study on the Shishupala-vadha (in English) in the light of Manusamhita (law and religious duties) and Arthashastra (science of politics and warfare). The Shishupalavadha is an epic poem (Mahakavya) written by Magha in the 7th century AD. It consists of 1800 Sanskrit verses spread over twenty chapters and narrates the details of the king of the Chedis.
Conclusion
Māgha flourished probably in the 7th century A.D. He is famous for his only epic. The epic Śiśupālavadha bearing twenty cantos which is based on Mahābhārata’ s Sabhāparvan (Ch.33-35). This epic included as the largest three epic (Bṛhattrayī). The Śiśupālavadha is an epic based on politics, but not the political scripture. The detailed description of politics is not expected from an epic. Māgha had no such intention as he is a poet but not a politician. For this versatility in the scriptures some technical terms of politics are used in some verses relevantly in his epic. Technical terms are related to the characters depicted by him. He mainly wanted to compose his epic based on political facts and stories which are related to Śrīkṛṣṇa of the Mahābhārata.