Bilhana was an 11th-century Sanskrit-language poet from Kashmir. He traveled to different parts of India, and received royal patronage from the Kalachuri king Lakshmi-karna, the Chaulukya king Karna, and the Kalyani Chalukya king Vikramaditya VI.
Bilhana's extant works include Karna-sundari Natika, a play composed at the court of Karna; the pangyeric mahakavya Vikramanka-deva-charita, composed at the court of Vikramaditya VI; and several verses found in various Sanskrit anthologies. The love poem Caurapañcāśikā is also attributed to him, although this attribution is doubtful.