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| Author | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay |
|---|---|
| Original title | কপালকুণ্ডলা |
| Language | Bengali |
| Genre | Novel |
Publication date | 1866 |
| Publication place | India |
| Media type | |
| OCLC | 671908675 |
Kapalkundala (Bengali: কপালকুণ্ডলা) is a Bengali romance novel by Indian writer Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.[1] Published in 1866,[1] it is a story of a forest-dwelling girl named Kapalkundala, who fell in love with and married Nabakumar, a young gentleman from Saptagram, but eventually found that she is unable to adjust herself with the city life.[2] Following the success of Chattopadhyay's first novel Durgeshnandini, he decided to write about a girl who is brought up in a remote forest by a Kapalika (Tantrik sage) and never saw anyone but her foster-father. The story is set in Dariapur, Contai in modern-day Purba Medinipur district, Paschimbanga (West Bengal) where Chattopadhyay served as a Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector.[2]
Kapalkundala is considered one of the finest and the most popular of Chattopadhyay's novels.[1] It has been translated into English, German, Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit.[2] Girish Chandra Ghosh, one of the pioneers of Bengali drama, and Atul Krishna Mitra dramatized the novel separately.[2]
- ^ a b c Bandyopadhyay, Asit Kumar (2007) [1998]. Bangla Sahityer Itibritta [History of Bengali Literature] (in Bengali). Vol. VIII (3rd ed.). Kolkata: Modern Book Agency Pvt Ltd. pp. 502–520.
- ^ a b c d Bagal, Jogeshchandra, ed. (2003) [1953]. "Upanyas-Prasange" [On Novels]. Bankim Rachanavali [Complete Works of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay] (in Bengali). Vol. I (20th ed.). Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad. pp. XXXII–XXXIII. ISBN 81-85626-13-8.