Kapalkundala
1866 novel by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Author | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay |
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Original title | কপালকুণ্ডলা |
Country | India |
Language | Bengali |
Genre | Novel |
Publication date | 1866 |
Media type | |
OCLC | 671908675 |
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]