The creation that I am trying to translate here is the one
of those tragic tales that affected me so much that I got impatient to share
this particular write up to know whether others agree to the end? I will share the story with few addition of mine and my readers will decide weather i will keep the ending as it was by Sharadindu.
As the name suggests this story is about a poisonous girl. Vishkanya or poisonous girls was a practice of ancient India to be used as weapons to destroy enemy of the then king, Vishkanya were those girls who had a natural resistance to poison so they used to consume very less quantity poison with food which used to made those girls immune to poison and so their blood, teeth or nails used to get poisonous and if they bite or scratch any person that person get poisoned and die. this girls used to work as king's defense in ancient India. the practice was introduced by Chanakya Visnugupta as defense for India's first emperor Chandragupta Maurya, later this custom had been adopted by various kings and emperor to make army of poisonous girls
These Vishkanyas used to get deprived of love life as any male comes in physical contact to them used to die. They were not allowed to love and marry.
This story is not on above kind of Vishkanya, rather there use d to be another kind of poisonous girls who didn't used to consume poison , they were made Vishkanya by fate not by any king , these girls used to take birth with curse of harming the people close to them so astrology used to mark them as Vishkanya.So they were treated same as the general Vishkanya to harm the enemies though poison didn't flow with their bloods This story is about such a Vishkanya. I have taken few modification to justify the story's timeline and making it more convincing.
I am sharing main characters of these story for readers to memorize.
Ulka - Vishkanya (illegitimate child of Chanda)
Nagdashak (Chanda given name by people) - King of Magadh (last successor of famous king Bimbisara-Ajatshatru of Haryanka dynasty) the tyrant
Shibmishra (later called as Shibamishra) - former prime minister of Chanda , foster father of Ulka
Senjit - the last living descendant of Haryanka dynasty , he has distant blood relation with the dynasty but no proper relation with Chanda , a warrior still loving man towards all living being
Morika - maid servant of Chanda, mother of Ulka
Nagbandhu - follower of Shibamishra
Batukvatta - A Brahmin Jester of Chanda's court
Shishunaga - viceroy of Kashi and army general of Chanda , childhood friend of Senjit , illegitimate son of a Lichhavi king and a courtesan of Vaishali an ambitious young man ,
Avantiivardhana - king of Avanti (last king of Pradyota dynasty), in a friendly treaty with Chanda
Rupnandini - princess of Avanti
Basabi - Ulka's friend. attendant and adviser (daughter of Shisunaga's mother)
Jatismar - author himself, a traveler who keeps taking birth in Bharatvarsh in various character and keeps account of the experiences of every birth , a silent spectator of time.
This story is not on above kind of Vishkanya, rather there use d to be another kind of poisonous girls who didn't used to consume poison , they were made Vishkanya by fate not by any king , these girls used to take birth with curse of harming the people close to them so astrology used to mark them as Vishkanya.So they were treated same as the general Vishkanya to harm the enemies though poison didn't flow with their bloods This story is about such a Vishkanya. I have taken few modification to justify the story's timeline and making it more convincing.
I am sharing main characters of these story for readers to memorize.
Ulka - Vishkanya (illegitimate child of Chanda)
Nagdashak (Chanda given name by people) - King of Magadh (last successor of famous king Bimbisara-Ajatshatru of Haryanka dynasty) the tyrant
Shibmishra (later called as Shibamishra) - former prime minister of Chanda , foster father of Ulka
Senjit - the last living descendant of Haryanka dynasty , he has distant blood relation with the dynasty but no proper relation with Chanda , a warrior still loving man towards all living being
Morika - maid servant of Chanda, mother of Ulka
Nagbandhu - follower of Shibamishra
Batukvatta - A Brahmin Jester of Chanda's court
Shishunaga - viceroy of Kashi and army general of Chanda , childhood friend of Senjit , illegitimate son of a Lichhavi king and a courtesan of Vaishali an ambitious young man ,
Avantiivardhana - king of Avanti (last king of Pradyota dynasty), in a friendly treaty with Chanda
Rupnandini - princess of Avanti
Basabi - Ulka's friend. attendant and adviser (daughter of Shisunaga's mother)
Jatismar - author himself, a traveler who keeps taking birth in Bharatvarsh in various character and keeps account of the experiences of every birth , a silent spectator of time.
Pleased to read this.. recently I have come to know about this exotic creation of Saradindu Bandopadhyay. It really takes us to a fascinating land where those poisonous damsels not only existed but reigned supreme. They would change the history as well as create a new phase. Thanks for letting everyone know about these great literary piece
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