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·THE CONTRIBUTION OF WOMEN TO SANSKRIT LITERATURE VOL VI SANSKRIT POETESSES PART B VAIDYANATHA:PRÄSĀDA-PRASASTI, ATTRIBUTED TO DEVAKUMĀRIKA AND SANTANA-GOPALA-KÄVYA BY LAKSMI RĀJNI Edited with English Introduction, notes, etc. BY Jatindra Bimal Chaudhuri, PhD (London), Professor, City College and Lecturer, Calcutta University ; formerly, Lecturer at the School of Oriental Studies, Londone editor of the Series (1) Samskrta-Duta- Kavya-saingraha (II) and The Contribution of Bengal to Smrtı Lrterature , author of the Position of Women in the Vedic Ritual, A Catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Books at the Indra Office Library, London, etc, etc CALCUTTA 1940

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·PREFACE This is the sixth volume of the Series The Contribution of Women to Sanskrit Literature, viz, the Vaidyanātha-prāsāda-prasasti, attributed to Devakumārıkā and the Santānagopala-kavya of Laksmi Rājſi both critically edited for the first time The Introduction contains accounts of the lives and works of Devakumārıkā and Laksmī In addition, there are brief accounts of the complete works of five other poetesses, three published and the rest unpublished These editions of the Vaidyanātha-prāsāda-prasasti and the Santānagopāla-kavya have been prepared from a single manuscript each belonging respectively to the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal and the India Office Library, London As the Santānagopāla-kāvya is of recent origin, probably very few MSS of the same exist The work is reported to have been published once in the South but no confirmation as to this was possible as none of the Libraries applied to could supply me a copy ou give me definite informations about the publishers, editor, etc An attempt has been made to identify the persons and places mentioned in these works, and also to verify historically the informations given in the Vaidyanathaprāsāda-prasasti and trace to their sources the traditions mentioned the Suntīnagopala-kavya Wherever necessary, additional informations about the incidents referred to in these works have been given in foot notes in ·11 The different parts of a compound have been hyphenated and proper names printed in bold types for the convenience of readers Thanks are due to Dr H N Randle, MA, D Phil, Librarian, India Office Library, London and the authorities of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal for permitting me to edit their manuscripts University of Calcutta J BC 1940 ·CONTENTS Page Preface Introduction Text Vaidyanātha-prāsāda praśasti attributed to Devakumārikā Prakarana I II III IV V Santānagopāla-kāvya by Queen Laksmī Canto I II III 1 17 24 31 40 49 60 69 Appendic I The Rānās of Mewai II List of the Metres of the Raghunāthābhyudaya Indices I Alphabetical Index of the verses of the Vaidyanātha-prāsāda-prasasti II Alphabetical Index of the verses of the Santānagopāla-kavya Abbreviations Bibliography General Index

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·INTRODUCTION Description of the MS of the Tardyanātha-prūsūda-prasasti The MS of the V&idyanātha-prāsāda prasasti consists of ten sheets of foolscap paper written in Devanāgaia on one side only 26 lines in a page. It was copied by Rūpabhadra, son of Govardhana, in Samyat 1775 ie 1719 20 AD It is complete but much discoloured The MS 1. cu defective that even many metrical feet have been altogether omitted, not to speak of many words that have been omitted by the scribe throughout The emendations have been numerous , as a result, no attempt is made here to show them in foot-notes or an Appendix The post colophon records the date of the MS as Samvat 1775 20 1719 20 A D पञ्च-दीप-मुनीन्दु-सम्मित-शरच्छुक्लासिताद्रीन्द्रजा ? घर्स सूर्य मुतान्विते बिजवरो गोवर्धनस्यात्मज । प्रत्यर्थि-क्षितिभृत्-पराजय-कर-श्रीमण्डित पामतरेश्वरस्य वचनाच्छोरूपभद्रोऽलिखत् ॥ Authorship of the Vaidyanātha prasada-prasasta, The verses entitled Vaidyanatha-prāsāda-prasasti, found inscribed on the temple consecrated to Vaidyanātha, ale attiibuted to Devakumārıkā by Mahāmahopādhyāya Haraprasīda Šīstrin in his Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts at the Royal Asiatic Society of ·12 INTRODUCTION Bengal, Vol IV, History and Geography, p 13, MS No 3086 Although the MS is very corrupt, still all the five colophons are legible and clear Out of the five colophons, the colophon to the third prakarana, viz the Dāna-prašamsā prakarana?, indicates nothing regarding the authorship of the work, of the remaining four, two, viz those of Cantos I and V9, show that the Inscription was not composed by Devakumārika while the remaining two, viz, those of Cantos II* and IV, do not go against the attribution of the verses to her if the compounds be expounded in the particular way as shown below The colophon to prabarana I runs as follows इति देवकुमारिका नाम-राज माट-कारित-वैद्यनाथ-प्रासाद-प्रशस्तौ वश- वर्णनम। Now, the compound देवकुमारिका greit expounded as follows राजमात्रा कारित , तादृशा वैद्यनाथ- प्रासाद I OL राजमात्रा कारिता , तादृशो वैद्यनाथ-प्रासादare , wen! As regards this colophon, in either case, it cannot be concluded that the Inscription was composed by Devakumārikā , for in the first case, the compound means the inscription on the temple of Vaidyanātha that was caused to be built by Devakumāwka, etc and, in the second case, it would mean the Inscription, that uas composed at the instance of Devahumūrikit, on the temple of Vaidyanātha Similar is the case with the colophon to prakarana V But with regard to the colophons to Cantos II and IV, the word oa (in contrast to gifta ) may be so interpieted as to mean that the Vaidyanātha prāsāda-prasasti was composed by Devakumay be w 2 P 16 3 P 46 1 P 30 5 P38 4 P. 23 ·as mārıkā herself or otherwise The col on to Canto II is as follows इति देवकुमारिका-नाम राज-माट-कृत-वैद्यनाथ- प्रासाद प्रशस्तौ द्वितीय-प्रकरणम्। Here also the compound may be expounded as above, making a tollow Tate or प्रशस्ति। If कृत is taken an adjective to fufci, the colophon does not indicate that the verses were composed by Devakumānikā, foi, then, it would simply mean the inscription on the temple of Vaidyanātha built by Devakumärikā But if it is taken as an adjective to afect, the colophon indicates that Devakumārikā was the composer of the verses, for, the compound would mean the Inscription composed by Devakumālikā, on the temple of Vaidyanātha and in that case the verses may be said to have been rightly ascribed to her But the evidence of the body of the Inscription does not corroborate the above asciiption Throughout the work there is no mention that Devakumārıkā composed the praśasti On the other hand, though the composition is full of detailed information about Devakumārıkā, nowhere does the poet say anything in the first person, everything is stated in the third It is not that a poet does not at times speak of self in the first person in a Sanskrit work but hele there is no reference to sell in the first person whatsoever in the body of the Inscription which makes the ascription of the verses to Devakumārıkā very doubtful Again, verses 87, 102, 106, 108, 110, 115, 116, 125, etc strongly suggest that the composition was by some body else than Devakumārikā The octad, at the end of the fifth prakarana is expressly stated to have been composed by Hariscandral and it 1 V 142, p-46 ·14 INTRODUCTION 2 seems that the remaining portion of the Prasasti was really composed by a Brāhmana poet Srinitāsa Raya who, as mentioned in the fourth prakarana, though clever could not enumerate adequately the noble deeds of Queen Devakumārkā (aaya-waffy #fa कथञ्चित् सख्या विधातु निपुणोऽपि नेष्टे ) and who was responsible for making the consecration ceremony a success Still we considered it fit to publish the Vudy in ithaprāsāda-prasasti in this volume in order to bring to light all the facts regarding the Inscription so that scholars may judge for themselves Further we hope that the discovery of further materials will throw new light on the point at issue The Inscription, too is important for the History of Rajputana of the eighteenth century Life and Date of Devah'ımūralū Devakumärıkā was the wife of Rānā Amarasimh, daughter in law of Jayasimha and mother of Samgrāmasimha of Chitor and Candrakumārika 3 She was the daughter of Sabalasımha and sister of Sultānasımha - She flourished between the second half of the seventeenth anci the first half of the eighteenth century Her son was coronated in 1710 11 A D 5 and as a widow, she consecrated the temple of Vaidyanātha in 1/16 AD) 1- V 13, p 39 2 V 14, p 39 3 V 109, p 38 4 Verses 100-101, p 35 5 V 50, p 17 6 V 133, p 45 ·The subject matter of the Vaidyanatha-prāsāda-prasastr The Inscription is complete in five prakaranas called (1) Vamsa-varnana, (2) Samgrāmasimha pattābhışekādı, (3) Dana-prašamsā, (4) Cāhuyānodbhava and (5) Pratistha It was composed during the consecrationceremony of the temple of Vaidyanātha in the Samyat year 1772, 1.e. 1715 16 A D1 The first prakarana as the name implies, gives the history of the Royal family of Mewar in short, referring to the important activities of the Rāņās, ancestor of Rāņā Amara, husband of Devakum Trikā The succession of kings as given here is as follows Bana Rawal Bhimasimha [died 1303 AD] Jayasimha Rahappa Rana [1201 AD] Narapala . Laksmanasımha [1313-14 A D Arisimha Dinakara Yasahharna Hammira [1327 9-1365 AD] Kşetrasimha [1365 ?-1382] Mampla Puinapula 1 1 Laksa (1382-1397 or 1422 ] thymmalla Mokala (1397 or 1422-1433] 1 1 P 11, v 18 ·16 INTRODUCTION Kumbhakarna (alias Karna (1621-1628 A DI Kumbhā) [1433 1468] Jagatsimha Rāyamalla (1474_1509] [1628-1654 AD] Rājasimha Samgrāmasımha I (alias 1 [1651A D-1681A D] Sāmgā (1509--1530] Jayasimha [1681-1699-1700.1 D] Udayasimha (II) (alias Udā) Amarasimha = | [1537 9 or 1541 ?-1371] Devakumārkā Pratāpasimha [1571– (1699 1700-1711-1719] 1597 A D ] Amarasimha [1597 -- Samgrāmasimha II. 1620 A D] (1711-12A D, -1734 35AD] (1) Udayasimha (Uda) assassinated his father Kumbha in the Vikrama year 1525 ie 1468 AD and ascended the throne He reigned upto 1473 AD He was succeeded by Rāyamalla For accounts of Maharānā Kumbha, see Archaeological Survey Reports of India, vols VI for 1872-73 and XXIII for 1883-84 AD and the Annual Report for 1907-8AD, A Collection of Prakrit and Sanskrit Inscriptions, called the Bhavnagar Inscriptions , Gazetteer of Udaipur by Major KD Erskine , The Bombay Gazetteer, vol I, by J M Campbell; Reports of the Rajputna Museum, Ajmer, for 1917-1918, 1921, 1922, 1924 and 1928, The Rasika-priyā by Kumbha on the Gītagovinda (NSP ed), The Ekalinga-māhātinya, ·in The historical incidents referred to the first prakarana, in short, are as follows -The title Rāņā was first used by Rāhappa and since then it is being used by all the subsequent Rānās? Udayasimha, son of Samgrāmasımha, built the beuutiful city of Udayapura? Pratāpasimha, the celebrated hero, the glory of Medieval India, became the protector of religion when other Ksatılyas abandoned its he stood most valiantly > partly composed by Rānā Kumbha (unpublished); The Eklingaji Temple Inscription of Maheśvara, court-poet of RaiMal, in 100 verses (AD) 1489), published in the Bhavanagar Inscriptions, p 117, Jawar Inscription of the Temple of Ramaswami (AD 1497---in three pieces containing 40 verses), The Rājaprašasti (AD 1676--, containing 24 cantos, engraved on 25 slabs -summarized in the Rajputana Museum, Ajmer, for 1917-18 AD, pp 2-3 In addition, there are a number of inscriptions of Kumbha's time, such as the Chitor Kirti-stambha Inscription (1460 AD) 2 p 16 The three successors of Samgrāma are his son Rafnasımha, Vikramajit and the bastard Vanavira , but they have not been mentioned in this list See foot-note 1, p 10 Ratnasimha II Vikrama Samvat 1584-1588 Vikramaditya Vikrama Samvat 1588-1593 Vanavira 1593-94 ie 1537 A D For the Rānās of Mewar from Guhila down to the surviving one, see Appendix I 1 V 10 2 V 33 3 V 34 12 ·18 INTRODUCTION against Akbarł and fought against him till the end of his life Jagatsimha, son of Karna, built up a massive and high temple of Visnu in front of the royal compound His son Rājasimha excavated the lake Rājasamudra for the good of his people and captured Malpur on the Ajmer frontier that belonged to the emperor of Delhi Amara, son of Jayasimha, built a palace called Varasadvilāsa and also the temple called Jaganmandıra He conquered Sāhapura and died at the height of his fame* In this prakarana, there is a marked tendency to explain the names of kings as significant of their achievements in life Thus it is said that the title Rana was quite appropriate for the Kings of Mewar who were outstandingly clever in warfare The name Narapāla was an apt one as the king, successor of Rāhappa, ruled bis subjects with unparalled success Dinakara was called so because he had the lustre of the sun Yaśaḥkarna was significant as the fame of the Rānā spread far and wide Nāgapāla was so called as he had the might of innumerable elephants? Pūrnapāla because he governed his kingdom for the complete happiness of people, and Prthvimalla, because he The name 1 V 35 2 V 38, p 13 3 Verses 39-40, p 13 4 Verses 44 ff, pp 15-16 5 रणे साधु इति राणः । 6 Written Yaśakarna on the MS evidently for the sake of metre 7 V 15 8 V 16, ·vanquished all his enemies who resembled elephants in might and nobody could ever defeat him? Bhuvanasimha was the one champion stalwart ruler at whose sight all the elephant-like kings took to heels Bhimasimha was simply a terror to his enemies as Bhima was? and Jayasımha is reported to have made Victory a permanent factor of his lifes Laksmanasimha resembled Rāma's younger brother Laksmana as he defeated his enemies resembling Meghanāda Arisimha's feet were adorned with the gems of the elephants of vanquished kings* Lakşasımha instataneously made a gift of a lakh (Laksa) of coins, and defeated his enemies hundred thousand ie lakh times The 'Ma' of Rānā Mokala means 'Vişnu' and the 'U' means Siva , the Rānā was called Mokala because both Vişnu and Siva reigned supreme in his heart Rānā Kumbha was so called because he was born to drink dry, like the pitcherborn sage, the ocean of hostile armies, more skilful in warfare than Kumbhakarna, constantly devoted to the enemy of Kumbhakarna ie Rāma and had his mind constantly given in offering pitcherfuls of gold, silver, etc? Rāyamalla was a champion warrior and no malla or wrestler was a match for him Amarasımha, son of 6 1 V 17 2. V 19 3 V 20 4 V 22 5 y 26. 6 V 27 7 See Vv 28-29 and the f n 2, p 9. It the reading be taken as कुम्भि-दान, it could simply mean 7751 EF which is one of the principal gifts 8 V. 30 ·20 INTRODUCTION 1 Pratāpa,, outdıd even the gods and his son Karna rivalled even Karna in the award of gifts The second prakarana of the Vaidyanātha prāsādaprasasti begins with a description of the coronation ceremony of Samgrāmasimha? which took place in Jyaistha, Samyat 1767 1e 1710 11AD Sukharāms, the old priest, took a leading part and made all the pieparitions for the proper performance of the ceremony After the performance of the rite in course of which the king was bathed with holy water, he toured round the city on an elephant's back Soon after his accession to the throne, he ordered the Rāvala prince Samgrāma, his wamesake, to vanquish the Mewatis Kanthajit, a Kāyastha, joined Samgrāma in his fight against the Mewatis In the battle both Samgrāma and his enemy Dalelakhān were killed At the end, however, the Rānā was victorious By and ly Rānā Samgrāmasimha II conquered all the neighbouring kingdoms Vihārıdāsa, his Chief Minister, was an outstanding personality, highly learned, very pious and extemely devoted to the good of the King and the country He was responsible for the wide spread of culture and education among people and their broad religious outlook With his sanction the king offered gifts* Thus both the king and the premier contributed to their mutual 3 1 Verses 36 37, first prakarana 2 Samgrāmasimha was born in Samyat 1747 ie 1690 AD, the 10th year of the rule of his grand-father 3 V 61 p 21 4 V 68, p 23 ·INTRODUCTION 21 happiness as well as the all-round good of their country? As the prosperity of the country increased by leaps and bounds to an unprecedented degree the reverence of the people for Samgrāmasımha knew no bounds The third prakarana dwells on the benevolence of Rānā Samgrāmasimha It is said that he often used to make gifts to learned priests, deserving scholars and others such as Dakşınāmūrti of the South, Dinakara (1724-25 AD) of Benares, Sukhānanda the logician, Pundarika and Devarāma versed in Vedic Rituals, and Kamalākānta Bhatta, the astrologer and teacher The fourth prakarana describes the maternal side of the great ruler Samgrāmasimha II The traditional story of Cāhuvāna's origin is given in some detail Then we come down to Samgrāma Rāva who was invited by the king of Chitor to reside in his kingdom The genealogical table of the family of Devakumārıkā as given in the Inscription is as follows 1 Caturanga Cābuvāna 2 Samgrāma Rāva 3 Pratāpa Rāva 4 Balabhadra 5 Rāmacandra 6 Savalasimha Sultānasımha Devakumārikā 1 Vy, 69 71 ·22 INTRODUCTION we some Then get personal informations of Devakumārıkā herself She mariied Rānā Amuasimha of Mewar and was the mother of Rānā Samgrāmasımha After the death of Rānā Amara and the accession of Samgrāma to the throne, the Queen Mother made up her mind to dedicate her life to the cause of religion as is normally the case with widows She performed thiee Tulādānas 1 e gave away on each occasion silver equal to her own weight During the second Tulu-dāna, silver equal to the weight of Princess Candrakumārika and Devakumārika's grandson was offered She then erected a temple, inside which she dug a well, for consecration to Siva in Śrīśārāma, a village now known as Sisaram which had already a temple of Siva in it The temple had a marvellous yiew, particularly in its high tower decorated with gold The fifth canto deals with the opening ceremony of the holy temple of Vaidyanātha in A D 1716 in which the great Bhima of Kotā and Rāmasimha of Dungara, celebrated priests and other stalwarts of the day were present On this particular occassion Devakumārika, the Queen Mother, was immensely helped by Minister Haraji and Ūdā, son of Premā, her own maid Sukharāma together with other renowned priests performed all the religious rites in connection with the inauguration of the temple The ceremony was performed with due eclat The Queen Mother is said to have performed the fourth Tula dāna at the end of the ceremony This canto ends with an octad, a charming hymn to Śiva by Hariscandra i riest ·INTRODUCTION 23 Critical remarks The lineage of the Rānās of Udayapura given in the Vaidyanātha-prāsāda-prasasti is on the whole right? In the Praśastı genuine history has been given in the garb of real poetry In the first prakarana, puns upon the names of the Rānās have been adopted in a clever way, the meanings hinted at are mostly historically correct Thus the interest of history has not been altogether neglected for the sake of poetry Apart from the activities of the Rānās referred to, the following informations, in addition to the others stated above, are also historically true 1 The Rānāas of Mewar were staunch followers of Śiva 2 Hārıta, himself a devotee of Siya and a great sage, was at the root of all prosperity of Bāppā, founder of the Guhilot dynasty 3 3 The title Rānā was introduced for the first time into the history of India by Rāhappa, a family-poet and successor of Bāppā The historical accounts in the following prakaranas as well are mostly accurate, there is however, some chronological difficulty, with reference to the accession of Samgrāmasımha to the thrones This inscription records the names of a galaxy of leading personalities of Chitor and the neighbouring countries of the 18th Century AD, viz , Vihārıdāsa, 1 See the foot-notes in Prakarana I The account on the whole, agrees with Tod's Annals of Rajasthan. 2 See pp 17-18 3. See fn 3, p 17 ·24 INTRODUCTION the Premier, Sukharāma the priest and so on It is clear from the Prasasti that the king almost equally honoured the leading persons of various ranks of life, the deserving scholars as well as other personalities of high renown, an astrologer? as well as a physicianº, a logicians as well as a Vedic scholart and so on It is only towards the end of the prasasti that the real subject matter is dealt with the praśasti 18 called Vaidyanāthā-prāsāda prasastı, but the first four chapters have nothing to do with Vaidyanātha or the temple consecrated to him The composition is, no doubt, meant for the eulogy of Vaidyanātha and the Royal family of which he is the Family Deity in his Ekalinga form So one can, probably, pass over the wilful violation of the tradition that Siva should be given precedence over Ganesa at the beginning of a work The treatment of the Vaidyanātha-prāsāda-praſasti is quite straightforward Exaggerations IN prakaranas two to five and almost every stanza therein has some historical bearing The style is lucid The composition cannot, however, be said to be marked with much rhetorical excellence There are, however a few good figures of speech and happy llustrations of Guņa Samādhi? There are a few grammatical drawbacks in the composition No uncommon metre has been used 5 are Tare co 1 Verses 83-84, p 29 2 V 74, p 24 V 76, p 25 4 V 77, p 26 5 Verses 1 and 2, p 1 6 Upamā verse 7, Arthāntara-nyāsa, v 106, p 13 ; etc 7 Eg v 195, p 6 8 eg अलम्य for अलभत, v 25a, ·INTRODUCTION 25 The metres employed are the Anustubh?, Vasanta-tilaka? Rathoddhatā”, Indravajrā, Upendravajrā, Upajāti“, Drutayılambita, Sundari or Viyoginiº, Mālınī,' Vamsasthavila®, Puspitāgraº, Sārdūla-yikridita 10 and Bhujañjaprayāta11 The Inscription is not free from metrical defects 12 For some obvious commitments, and defects13, the scribe is, probably, to blame One of the verses of Bhārayıl 4 has been quoted to represent in true colour the dependable nature of Vihārıdāsa and the laudable spirit of both king Samgrāmasimha and the Premier of serving the country p7 , व्यजैषीत् for व्यजेष्ट, v 60a , न्यवर्तन्त for नवर्तयन्त , see also f n 3, p 21, etc For others see foot-notes 1 Eg v 1, p 1 2 Eg v 2, p 1 3 Eg V 3, p 1, V 72, p 24, V 73, p 24, V 77, p 26 ; V 85, p 30 ; V 134, p 44 4 Eg Vy 5 ff, p 2 5 Eg V 13, p 4 6 V 14, pp 4-5 7 Eg V 43, pp 14-15 8 V 57, p 18 9 V 71, p 23 10 Verses 74-76, pp 24-25; v 83, p 29 11 V 142, p 46 12 Eg y 55a fon 3, p 19, V 57 b, p 20 For others, see foot-notes 13 Eg qu in 58 f, p 20, V 73, p 24, ETTEI for 0797UTHT: V 74 f, p 24 , etc For others, see foot-notes 14 V 69, p 23, "actiga"fa farcta-cafea सार्थकतामवाप्तम्।

·26 INTRODUCTION with absolute self abnegation and what is more, with the heartiest co operation of each other Similarly, the Bhagavad-gita, too, has aptly been quoted' in connection with the munificence and magnaninity of king Jayasımha. 1 V 52, p 14, ZU faufdüçaria, etc. The exact statement of Kışna in the Bhagavad-gitā (10. 27) 1s "विडि मा नराणाञ्च नराधिपम् ।

·2 SANTĀNAGOPALA-KĀVYA BY LAKSMI RAJNI Description of the manuscript The MS of the Santānagopala-kāvya which is edited here belongs to the India Office Library (No 8158) Substance, paper arranged in book-form Size 83" x 10.0" The MS was copied in clear and bold Devanāgara script about sixteen years ago, it has 35 pages and 16 lines in a page The authorship of the work ascribed by the scribe is as follows, "Santānagopāla-kāyyam Laksmi- Rājnyā nirmitam" Introduction to the Santānagopala-hāvya Lakşmi Rājñī was a member of the Etavalattu branch of the family of the Katattanattu Rajas of North Malabar? She composed the work about forty years ago She died about 21 years ago No other work of Laksmi Rajñi is known to exist The present work was composed 1 This Lakşmi Rajñi is altogether a different person from Rānī Gaurī Lakşmi Bāyī of Travancore (1811-1815) who was first sovereign in her own right, and subsequently as regent on the birth of her eldest son Maharaja Svatı Tırunal Rama Varma, the famous poet, musician and composer (for an account of her reign, see Travancore State Manual by Dewan Bahadur V Nagam Aiyar, chap VI, vol 1) ·28 INTRODUCTION 3 by the Queen out of affection for Prince Raviyarman in spite of her ill health 1 The Santāna-gopāla-kāvya”, in thiee cantos consisting of 43+37 +50=130 verses, is based on a story from the Bhāgavata-purāna In the first canto, we we get the pathetic picture of a pious Brahmin, losing one son after another, approaching and earnestly praying to Kışna at Dvārakā for saving his sons, yet getting no response from him In this way, the Brahmin lost eight sons one after another When his ninth son too died, he once more went to Dvārakā to solicit the favour of Kışna , and was coming back, disappointed as before, when Arjun, who happened to be present there, was moved by his piteous lamentation and promised to save his tenth child when it would be born The grief stricken father was at first rather doubtful of Arjuna's ability to help him in this respect But Arjuna assured the Brahmin by reminding him of his (Arjuna's) glorious past deeds and even went so far as to vow solemnly that either he would save the Brahmin's tenth child, or immolate himself on the funeral pyre When the tenth child was about to be borrr, elaborate preparations were made by Arjuna for protecting him from the clutches of death The entire house, where the child was about to be born, was well-fortified with arrows and weapons and so on But inspite of all these precau- 1 See the last verse of the Santānagopāla-kāvya For another work on the same subject called Samtānagopāla-campū, attributed to Prince A Syatı, see MS 8178 of the India Office Library ·INTRODUCTION 29 tions, no sooner as the child born than it died, whereupon the disappointed and bereaved father heaped up abuses on Arjuna Arjuna at once went to the abode of the god of death in search of the dead child, but failing to find it anywhere, he returned and prepared to burn himself to death Then Krsna appeared on the spot, and dissuaded Arjuna from committing suicide by promising to bring the Brahmin's dead child to life In the second canto, Krsna and Arjuna are found approaching Hari in order to submit their petition to him direct They crossed the Lokāloka mountain, and on approaching the Lord began to eulogise and pray to him The pleased Lord asked them what he could do for them, whereupon Kışna related what had happened and what they had come for The Lord, then, graciously granted their prayer and further told them now that they had visited His place, they had become purged of all their sins and would enjoy eternal bliss in His region after death The thuid canto portrays the overwhelming joy of the Brahmin and his wife on being restored, not only of one, but of all the ten children The work ends with the picture of the over-joyed father pouring blessings on Arjuna and offering homage to Kışna by recounting his glorious past deeds and achievements Critical estimate of the Santanagopala-kavya The work is outstandingly religious in tone as it is written really to eulogize Visnu and Kışna, and thus to educate Prince Ravivarman in theological lore The poetess exhibits womanly tenderness when she states that Krşna as well as Arjuna were guilty of killing ·30 INTRODUCTION people in the Kuruksetra war and they had to be purgated of this sin The pride they took in winning the Kurukşetra war had to go too That is why, says our poetess, the two mighty heroes had to visit the region of Vişnu" In this work we get some beautiful descriptions, eg, of the Lokāloka mountain, Visnu lying on the serpent Sesa, etc The stavas of Krsna and Arjuna to Vişnuº and of the Brahmin to Krsnas are really good ones The poetess has a simple and sweet style She avoids compounds We do not meet with many rhetorical devices in the first and second cantos The third canto is, however, full of Yamakas The poetess is an adept in traditional lore Her work Santānagopāla is short but the knowledge of the Paurānika Literature she has shown in it is great References to the epics, Purāṇas, etc have been given in this edition in foot notes Lakşmi Rājñi has employed in this work the metres Vasanta tılaka*, Mālini', Upendravajrã and Upajāts, Puspitāgrā, Druta vilambitas, Śārdīla-vikuidita”, Pithvi10 and Sikharını11 1 V 35, p 67 2 II, verses 16-26 3 III, verses 11 47 4 Canto I except the last verse and the last verse of Canto III 5 Last verse of Canto I 6 Canto II except the last verse 7 Last verse of Canto II 8 Verses 1-46 of Canto III 9 Verse no 47, Canto III 10 Verse no 48, Canto III 11 Verse no 49, Canto III ·INTRODUCTION 31 3 GANGĀDEVI Gangādevi, consort of Prince Kampana, also called Kamparāya?, of Vijayanagara, has left for us a work called Madhurā-vijaya, only a fragment of which is extant, The book has been edited from a single incomplete and defective manuscript belonging to a private individual of Trivandrum 2 There is an incomplete MS of the Madhurā-vijaya in the Government Oriental MSS Library, Madras, No R 219 (Triennial Catalogue, III 2985) This is really a copy of the Trivandum MS This MS is written in Devanāgara on paper while the MS used for the printed edition is a palm-leaf one Grantha character As Vira Kamparāya was the second son of Bukka Rāya who ruled from 1343 to 1379 AD, the work must have been composed by the middle of the fourteenth century AD in 1 First Vijayanagara Dynasty Samgama Harihara I Kampa Bukka I Mārapa Muddapa Harihara II Kampa Chikka Samgama Virūpanna Kampa Bhāskara Mallinātha For an account of Bukka I and his minister Mādhaya A cārya, see my edition of Kāla-Mādhava, Part I, Introduction, pp xxv ff 2 See Bibliography in loco ·32 INTRODUCTION The work begins with a description of Bukkarāya, founder of Vijayanagara Dynasty, and presents a good picture of Vijayanagara situated on the Tungabhadrā Bukka's favourite wife was Devāyī, mother of Kampana, hero of the present work Samgama and Kampana the younger were his other two sons by the same wife (v 40, p 17) The name Kampana was purposely given as his parents wanted him to make hi3 enemies tremble with fear (v 34, p 16 of the printed edition) The prince was trained in all worldly matters including warfare by his father On the express wish of Bukkarīya, Prince Kampana embaiked on his expedition to conquer various kings of the south viz , Camparāya of Tundīra (Tondamandala), the forest-chiefs or Vanyarījas and the king of the Turuskas of Madura During his compaign against Camparāya he passed through Karnāta and Mulbāgal (Kantakānana), crossed the Pālār (Ksīrataiangini) and encamped at Viriñcipuram where his army encountered the enemies Kampa laid siege to the fort of Rujagambhīram where he had a duel with Camparāya who was subsequently killed Then Kampa proceeded to conquer Kāñci (modern Conjeeveram) Subsequently; he vanquished the Sultan of Madura (Madburā) As the manuscript of the work comes to an abrupt end after what is presumed to be the eighth canto and some forty-one verses of some other canto, no further details are available 18 Thus the Madhurā-vijaya-kāvya historically important, supplying us with a short but authentic history of Vijayanagara in the fourteenth century A.D The incidents mentioned here agree with those given in the ·INTRODUCTION 33 Sāluva-abhyudaya by Rājanātha alias Dindıma Kavil Rāmābhyudaya attributed to Sāluva Narasimha, the Prapannāmita by Anantācārya?, etc 4 But Gangādevi combined in herself the rare gifts of a poetess and a historian The camp-life of Kampana described in canto VI and the conversation between the king and his consort Gangādevī, our poetess, are charmingly described These two cantos have nothing much of history in them and other cantos as well bear genuine marks of high class poetry The way in which Gangādevī refers to a large number of poets, dramatists, etc, viz , Prācetasa, Vyāsa, Kālıdāsa Bānabhatta, Bhāravi, Dandın, Bhavabhūtı, Karnāmrtakavi, Tıkkaya, Agastya the poet, Gangadhara the see 1 In 13 cantos A MS of the work belongs to Govt Oriental MSS Library, Madras, Descriptive Catalogue, xx 7897, Author Index (1940), p 68 2. In twenty-four cantos The poet was a ruler of Vijayanagara (1450-1486 AD A MS of the work belongs to the Library of the Maharaja of Travancore, III 12 See also Taylor's Historical MSS, (II 93), Catalague Raisonne, Madras, Fort St George Gazette Press, 1860 3 Published both in Madras and Bombay 4 For other books, see p xxy f, Introduction to my edition of Madhavācārya's Kāla-Madhava with the Lakşmi, Part I. 5. मन्दार-मञ्जरी-स्यन्दि-मकरन्द-रसाब्धय । कस्य नालादनायालं कर्णामृत-कवेगिरः ॥१२॥ 3 ·34 INTRODUCTION dramatisti, Visvanātha', etc in the introductory verses of the Madhurā-vijaya shows that she was thoroughly acquainted with their works and had high admiration for all of them Still that she was fastidious about literary compositions is evident from her remarks that no literary composition, however excellent, can claim to be perfect as none of them can be said to possess all the requisite qualities of perfection, VIz, wording, meaning, thought and sentiments In the part of the Madhura-vijaya that is available, metres Anustubh, Upajati, Vamsastha, Druta vilambita and Puşpitāgrā have been employed The work is composed in the Vaidarbhi style and the diction is graceful The similes and metaphors are lively and sometimes striking Some verses are capable of double interpretations 5 तिक्कयस्य कवे. सूक्ति. कौमुदीव कलानिधे । सटणे. कविभि. खरं चकोरैरिव सेव्यते ॥१३॥ चतुःसप्तति-काव्योक्ति-व्यक्त वैदुष्यसम्पद । अगस्तवाय जगत्यस्मिन् स्पृहयेत् को न कोविद. ॥१४॥ 1 स्तुमस्तमपरं व्यास गङ्गाधर महाकविम् । नाटकच्छद्मना दृष्टा यश्चक्र भारती कथाम् ॥१५॥ 2 चिरं स विजयीभूयाद् विश्वनाथ कवीश्वरः । यस्थ प्रसादात् सार्वज्ञा समिन्धे मादृशेष्वपि ॥१६॥ 3 कचिदर्थ. क्वचिच्छब्दः क्वचिद्भावः क्वचिद्रस । यत्वे सन्ति सर्वेऽपि स निबन्धो न लभाते ॥१७॥ e.g canto V, v 2 5 eg canto V, v 3 4 ·INTRODUCTION 35 3 Jayanti or Varjayanti Jayanti was the wife of Kışnanātha, son of Durgādāsa Cakravartin of Kotālıpādā, Faridpur, Bengal She was born of a learned Biahmin family of Dhānuka at Vikrampura, Dacca Some verses are attributed to her.2 She is also said to have been the joint authoress of the Ananda-latıkā-campū in accordance with a tradition current in Bengal But it seems doubtful whether the attribution is right Only two MSS of the Anandalatıkā are extant, one belongs to the India Office Librarya and the other to Pandita Dinabandhu Sāhityaśāstrın, publisher of Samskıta-Sāhitya-Parışat-Patrikā, 7 R G Kar Road, Calcutta Pandita Dinabandhu Śāhityaśāstrın's elder brother began to edit the works The Ananda-latıkā is being published in the Samskrta- Sāhitya-Parışat-Patrıkā as the work of Jayantīdevi and her husband In the following passage in p 2 of this edition which has not still proceeded far, it is stated that Krananātha Kayı composed the work in collaboration with his wife आनन्दक'-आर्याः, श्रीमनन्द-नन्दन-चरण-सरसोरुह-मनन-परितुष्छित- विषयरस-श्रीदुर्गादास-चक्रवर्ति-तनयेन पत्नी-सहायेन श्रीकृष्णनाथ- कविना विरचितमानन्दलतिका-ग्रन्थमधीतवानस्मि । Now, we find this passage in toto in the India Office 1 See Sanskrit Poetess, Part A, P LVII. 2 Ms No 4203 (243) 3 As death snatched him away, Pandita Dinabandhu Sāhityasāstrın is continuing the publication. 4 Samskrta-Sāhitya-Parisat-Patrikā, Vailakha, 1317; April, 1940 ·36 INTRODUCTION Library MS except the compound at eral Not only this buf also there is no trace of Jayantīdevi's collaboration with Krşnanātha, her husband, anywhere in the same On the contrary, the colophons explicitly state that the work was composed by Kışnanātha Sāryabhauma Bhattācarya himself, eg the colophon to the fifth canto इति श्रीमहामहोपाध्याय-कृष्णनाथ-सार्वभौम-भट्टाचार्य-विरचितानन्द- लतिकाया पञ्चम-कुमुमम् । All other colophons are the same mutatis mutandis Therefore, it is impossible to accept her as the joint author of the work on the basis of the evidence supplied by the India Office manuscript Curious to find out whether the MS at present belonging to Pandita Dinabandhu Sāhityaśāstrın really contains any reading justifying the tradition I approached him He was very kind to show me the manuscript Unfortunately, that part of the folio of the MS that is supposed to have contained the reading पत्नी-सहायेन in the passage quoted above was found missing I carefully consulted the manuscript but could not get any evidence in it in support of the joint authorship of Jayantidevī On the contrary, the following concluding verse in this MS, not found in the India Office Liberary MS definitely establishes that Jayantidevi cannot be said to be the joint author of the work शाके वेद-मुनीषु-चन्द्र-गणिते ( १५७४ ) पचे वलचे मधौ श्रीमहन्य-पदारविन्द-युगल श्रौतर्कवागीश्वरम् । नत्वा श्रीविज-कृष्णनाथ-बट ना काव्य मया कल्पितं दोषावेशमपास्य साधु-हृदयैराखाद्यमेतञ्चिरम् ॥

·INTRODUCTION 37 The MS in question is dated Śaka 1574 ie 1652-53 AD, the date of Krşnanātha Sārvabhauma himself When in this MS it is stated tal HiT creua ie the work is composed by me and nothing whatsoever about the help of his wife is mentioned, Jayantīdevi cannot be accepted as the joint author of the work The colophons also, which are identical with those found in the India Office MS , lead to the same conclusion Therefore, as the only two extant MSS clearly show that the work was composed by Krsnanātha himself, the claim that his wife too had anything to do with the composition of the work is, at the present state of our knowledge, wholly unwarrantable? The line 19-afait- चम्पूर्येनाकारि स्त्रिया सह 1s not traceable in any of the above two manscripts 4 Madhu azānī Madhuravāni was one of the most brilliant scholars of-the court of Raghunātha Bhūpa of Tanjore Probably Madhurayāni is not her real name but only a descriptive title meaning a lady possessed of a melodious voice We cannot be sure whether she is identical with 2 1 This cancels our previous view about the joint authorship of Jayantidevī in Sanskrit Poetesses, Part A, Introduction, p LVII 2 चतुर-मधुर वाणी सम्यगाकण्यं यस्याः सदसि मधुरवाणी नाम दत्तं त्वयैव । सरस कृति-विधाया साधुमेधाविशेषा- खधिक-पटुरशेषाखम्बुजाक्षीषु सैषा ॥ (190) ·38 INTRODUCTION Madhyravarnī, one of whose verses is preserved in the Subhāşıta-hārāvalīUnfortunately, the only MS of this important work belonging to the Veda-Vedānta-Mandıram, Malleśvaram, Bangalore, is no more extant, in any case, no body seems to know anything definitely about its existence On my enquiry Mr MC Krishnaswamy Iyenger, Librarian of the said Library, kindly informed me in his letter, dated 19 4 1938, that the Books and Manuscripts deposited in the Library prior to 1928 had all been returned to the owners during that year owing to severe ravages of white ants into the shelves and that these had never come back to the Library, again Rao Bahadhur Mahamahopādhyaya R Narasimbācārya, MA, MRAS, the then President of the Management Committee who would have been able, probably, to throw some light on the whereabouts of the MS in question had also passed away on 6 12 1936 (Sunday) The Mahāmahopadhyāya had a valuable collection of Kanarese, Telugu, English, Tamil and Sanskrit Books besides those of archaeological interest The Librarian thought I had better write to his adopted son Mr R Tirunarayana Iyengar at 9, West Park Road, Malleśvaram Accordingly I did so But Mr Iyengar in his turn informed me that he did not know anything about it so one of the outstanding records of the literary 2 s 1 Ms f 23, v 77, see pp XV11I-XIX and 18 of Sanskrit Poetesses, Part A, Contribution of Women to Sanskrit Literature, vol II 2 He deposited it in the Liberary, see Indian Review, February, 1908 3 He was officer in change of Archæology, Bangalore ·INTRODUCTION 39 for ever achievements of Indian Women seems to have been lost At present we possess, however, only a short summary of Madhurayāni's valuable work in the Indian Review of February, 1908 As in spite of my best efforts the MS in question could not be traced, the account given below is based upon that article The MS was a palm-leaf one in Telugu script and incomplete The work was composed by the middle of the seventeenth century AD The poetess was, probably, a native of Mysore The work furnishes no infomation about her parentage We come to know only this much that she was born of a learned family? Madhuravāni claims her proficiency in music and similar other arts which probably enabled her to secure the favour of Raghunātha who was himself a great musician and literateur She is also supposed to be the author of several campüs rich in Dhvanı or suggeston, and different versions of the Naişadba-kāvya and Kumāra-sambhava The first canto opens, as usual, with the invocation of the blessings of various gods on Raghunātha, patron of the poetess Then Madhuravāni offers her homage to various poets including Mayūra and Mankha In the same ie the first canto she gives a graphic description of Raghunātha and the giandeur of his court and relates how the work came to be composed Raghunātha was anxious to have his Andhra-Rāmāyana translated into Sanskrit and accordingly was wondering who among the galaxy of learned ladies of his court skilful in composing original Sanskrit and Telugu works was best suited for 1 191 2 183 ·40 INTRODUCTION the task One night he dreamt in a dream that Ramacandra appeared to him and declared that Madhuravānī would be the best for the purpose Next day in the assembly he made his dream known to her who readily undertook the task The proper subject matter of the work ie the story of the Rāmāyana begins with the second canto In cantos II-IV we get an account of Daśaratha anxious for progeny and performing sacrifice for the same Cantos V and VI recount the birth and childhood of the tom Princes Rāma and others , how Viśvāmitra approached Dasaratha for Rāma's help for the destruction of Tādakā, how Rāma kılled Tādakā and on his way back, restored Ahalyā to life In the next two (vii ond yui) cantos, we get a vivid description of the breaking of Siva's bow by Rāma at Janaka's court , his marriage with Sita, and the defeat of Parasurama Cantos IX and X describe the festivities in connection with the installation of Rām; Kaikeyi's malicious intervention , Rāma's exile , Bharata's failure to persuade Rāma to return Canto XI deals with the mutilation of Śūrpanakhā and the abduction of Sīta The following canto (x1) describes Rāma's search for Sital, meeting with Sugriva and the subsequent killing of Bali Cantos XIII and XIV narrate the search of Sita by Sugrīva and others, her discovery by Hanuman This brings us up to folio 115 of the MS where there is an abrupt break but as some portion of the Yuddha-kānda of the Rāmāyana is dealt with in folios marked 126, 1 9 and 140, it is evident that the work was completed by the poetess herself Folios 13, 29-30, 105, 116-125, 127-128, 129 139 of the MS are said to have been missing In its ·INTRODUCTION 41 in incomplete form the MS consists of 14 cantos and 1500 stanzas It is evident that high female education was the rule of the society in South India mediaeval ages Rāmabhadrāmbā, Madhuravānī and others who adorned the court of Raghunatha, Gangādevi and Tirumalāmbā bear testimony to this 5 Ranabhadrāmbū The Raghunāthābhyudaya was composed about the second half of the seventeenth century AD by Rāmabhadrāmbā of the court of the Nāyaka King Raghunatha. She was a great favourite of the king", her patron, through whose grace she obtained the status of a distinguished poetess (साहित्य-साम्राग्य-भद्रपीठारूढ) Nowhere in the work, even in the colophons, is there any suggestion that she . 1 See particulary, the last two cantos of Rāmabhadrāmba's Raghunāthābhyudaya Madhuravānī refers to them in her Rāmāyana-kāvya विपञ्चिकाया चतुरा. प्रगल्भा' शास्त्रऽतिदक्षा. सरस-प्रबन्धे । समीपमतस्य समेत्य केऽपि सुभ्र-जना खख-कला. व्यवण्वन् ॥ (178) सर्वोत्तर खादिम-सस्कृतान्ध्र-प्रबन्ध निर्माण-पचेलिमानि । यशासि भूयास्यवतारयन्त्य. सहस्रश. सन्ति सरोजनेत्रा.॥ (1 82) 2 V 10, p 2, शब्दार्थयोमर्म समप्रधानं वशवद यस्य वदन्ति सर्वे कृती स एवात्न कतौ सहायो नाथो मम श्रीरघुनाथ नामा ॥ 3. The Queen authoresses usually, as very natural, ·42 INTRODUCTION was the Queen of Raghunātha On the other hand, her remarks that all others take him to be Raghuvara but she herself and others who know him intimately consider him an incarnation of kışnal, her unstinted and unqualified praise for harlots", etc and the frivolous nature of the king making love to a whole host of women as shown in Cantos XI and XII% all lead to one conclusion, VIZ, that she was not a Queen, but a Mistress, of Raghunatha Nayaka This epic consists of twelve cantos It begins with a prayer to various gods and goddesses for the all-round happiness of Raghunātha and for the completion of the work without any impediment The poetess also acknowledges her deep sense of gratitude to king Raghunatha for his patronage The first canto gives a description of the beautiful country of the Colas The rivers Tīmraparni and Kaveri which water the country have also been described at length The birds, animals creepers, fruits trees, flowers, etc have also drawn the ardent admiration of the poetess The Colas are said to be very pious take care to refer to their designations clearly in the colophons or elsewhere, see e g Binabāyi's Dvāraha- "attala, and Viśvāsadevi's Gangā-vākyāyali 1 Canto TII, v 5- वर रघूणा गुण-वैभवे यं वदन्तु सव रसिका वयं तु । सहस्र-कान्ता-जन-सामरस्ये कृष्णावतार हृदि तर्कयाम.॥ Eg verses 22-24, canto III See particularly verses XII 57, 68, etc ·INTRODUCTION 43 and the Brāhmanas versed in the Šāstras, particularly in ritualistic literature and the proper performance of sacrifices The second canto is devoted to the description of the capital of the country of the Colas, Tanjore (ant wordt), the abode of Laksmi and beautiful damsels Its mountains, mighty elephants, encircling sea, beautiful lotuses, jewelled houses, sprightly horses digging out the earth with their hoofs?, the harlots, high buildings, etc have been graphically described by the poetess The king is praised as a worthy and pious ruler, finally, the people of the country too are eulogised as virtuous She has a special word of praise for the fair sexº She also dwells on the prosperity of the people and the sovereignty of the rulers In the third canto the personal charms as well as many-fold virtues of the king such as valour, learning, philanthrophy and so on are described Thus powerful kings are represented as recognising the king's suzerainty and soliciting his help Again, he is said to have encouraged female education in his family as well as outside 5 1 Canto II, v 19, p 9 दिवमुत्म्म तिभिर्भुव भ्रमौभि समवेक्ष्यात्म सम विच तुकामा. । बलि-सद्म तुरङ्गमा प्रवेष्टु धरणी यत्र विदारयन्ति पादैः ॥ 2 V 52, canto II p 10, v 53f, op cit, p II अबला हरिरेकिका निजोरोजनयामास पुरेति पद्मजन्मा। असृजन्मनसा यदानतागौरतिशेते गुरुमात्मज. सुजन्मा । 3 Vv 57 and 60, p II V 26 5 V 20 In his court flourished, apart from Rāma- ·44 INTRODUCTION 2 The fourth canto gives the daily routine of the king such as morning duties, bath, muttering mantras and paying homage to the sun-god", worshipping a tawny cow, retreating to the jewelled house called Kamala vilāsa, bowing down to Rāmachandra, uttering the holy name of Hari, wearing a sectarian mark (pundra) on the forehead, Worshipping Rāma and reading the Rāmāyana Our poetess seems enamoured of the personal charms of the king as she returns to the same topic on many occasions throughout The beginning of the fifth canto is devoted to the same topics and the rest to the description of his court* which was adorned with royal visitors from Kerala”, Anga, Magadha, Mālava, Kaliga", Gauda, Āratta®, and other parts of India and with great philosophers, grammarians, poets, singers and dancing women trained by the king himself 9 was one bhadrāmbā, may other poetesses of whom Madhuravāni See below for her translation of Raghunātha's Telugu Rāmāyana 1 The Sūrya stotra is beautiful, Vv 18-29, pp 18-19 2 The story of the Rāmāyana has been reproduced here in a nutshell , Vv 44-68, pp 20-22 Rāmabhadrāmbā does not make any mention of the exile of Sita 3 Vy 1-19 4 Vy 20 5 The Malabar Coast 6 The neighbourhood of Bhagalpur including Monghyr 7 The area, noth of Drāvida and south of Orissa, known as Norther Cırcars 8 1e Arāştra or the Punjab 9. V 53 f In his own treatise Sangīta sudhānidhi ·INTRODUCTION 45 In the sixth canto the lineage of Raghuātha has been given, beginning from his great-grand-father as follows - Timma= Bayyāmbilā Cayvāt (or Siva)–Mūrtyambıkā I (Mūrtıor Chevvappa māmba == sister of the Queen of Acyutadevarāya of Vijayanagara) Acyuta (Acyutappa)= Mūrtyambıkā II Raghunātha Nāyaka? Raghunātha describes himself as a great musician, inventing new Rāgas like Jayantasena and Tālas like Rāmānanda He also invented a new instrument in which any Rāga could be played Govinda Dikşita, Minister of his father as well as himself, says in his Sahitya-sudhā that the king composed, among others, the following works :- 1 Pārijāta-harana 2 Vālmikı-carita 3 Acyutendrābhyndaya 4 Gajendra-mokşa 5 Nala-carita and 6 Rukmini-Kışna-vivāha-yahşa-gāna A work called Raghunātha-Bhūpālıya is also attributed to him See Oppert's lists of Sans Mss in Private Libraries of South India, 11 5550 Cavvā got the province of Tanjore as a marriagedowry from Acyutadevarāya whose sister-in-law he married Another version is that he conquered it For an accouunt of Chevvappa, see Sahitya-ratnākara-kāvya of Yajñanārāyana, son of Govinda Dikşita (Minister of Raghunātha and Acyuta), III 6–17 2 From the works refering to Raghunatha Nayaka of Tanjore, his family-tree may be drawn as follows - 1 ·46 INTRODUCTION Some of their multiforious activitiss have also been refered to in this canto As is natural, the major portion of the Canto is devoted to the pre-birth and after-birth ceremonies performed with eclat for the well being of Raghunātha Raghunatha was so called after the name of Vişnu through whose grace the parents had him The seventh canto begins with a description of the physical charms of the young piince Raghunatha In due course his marriage to the daughters of the Pandya2 and other kings and ceremonies in connection with his installation as Heir Apparent to the throne are also Kisna Timma= Bayyımbik ī Peda Chevva Chinna Peda Malla Chinna Malla Chevva (1549 A 1) -1572 AD) Mūrtımāmbi Vemparāja = Acyutarzya(ruled till Lakşamāmba 1614 AT)=Mūtunaimba Raghunatha=Kalāvati Vijayarāghava Ramabhadra In the long colophon to the Bhurata-sūra-samgraha, MSS 8676 and 8677 of Tanjore, he describes his parentage as follows fafarat-tai-gfai 719-4192-72 aryta- पाल-पुत्र-सज्जन-स्तोत्रपात्र 1 Modern Tinnevelly and Madura ·INTRODUCTION 47 described When the Mahomedans? invaded Karnāta (Vijayanagara), Venkatadeva Rāya, it is said, sought for the help of King Raghunātha whom the old father would not let go but for the insistent persuasion of Venkatarāya On his way to Penugonda, capital of Karnāta, he passed through Candragırıpuria The Murasas at Ballālapura put up some resistance, other enemies fled pellmell Raghunātha won the battle Then he came to the rescue of Kışnapa Nāyaka, of Tundīra or Tonda-mandala, at that time imprisoned by Venkatadevarāya Out of gratitude Kışnapa gave his sister in marriage with Raghunātha The eighth canto describes the extension of material help by Raghunātha to the Brāhmanas tortured by Colaga*, to the king of Nepālas against the Paran- 1 Pārasīka rulers of Bijapur and Golkonda 2 Near Belgola, not far from Seringapatam See Vy 59-60, p 37 3 The inhabitants of Morasanādu ie, the northern portion of North Arcot and neighbouring districts 4 Raghunātha was installed king during the life time of his father, see Sahitya-ratnākara by Yañanārāyaṇa Dīksita, son of Govinda Dikşıta Colaga is mentioned as Solaga, see Purchas, His Pilgrimes, Vol X, chap VII The Sāhitya-ratnākara depicts him in very bad colours 5 Probably, the ruler of the island of Jaffna This cannot be modern Nepal as it is described as an island accessible by a bridge of boats Raghunātha calls himself “नेपाल-भूपाल-स्थापनाचार्य" in his भारत-सग्रह।

·48 INTRODUCTION gis mereditary foes of the king, and to Srirangarāya, son of Venkateśvara of Karnāta against Jaggarāya the usurper Afraid of Raghunātha, Colage (Solaga) sought for the help of Krsnapa, brother in law of Raghunātha, who willingly assisted him quite against the advice of his ministers Colaga, though at first secure in an island, was, however, subsequently vanquished and imprisoned by Raghunātha Kisnapa fled away like a coward In the ninth canto the king of Nepāla (island Jaffna ?) as found approaching Raghunatha for reminding him of his promise for help Raghunātha totally vanquished the Parangis or the Portuguese and replaced the king of Nepāla in his former position Then he proceeded to vanquish the rebellious kings of the western countries such as Pandya, Tundira, etc and met them at Topūr on the bank of the Tānraparnī (locally called Tambarar arı) Feringees or the Portuguese They dethroned the ruler of the island of Jaffna , see Danyers' Portuguese in India, II, chap VII, pp 206 207 2 He was either the brother in-law or the Father-inlaw of the late king Venkatapatı He massacred the whole royal famıly except one child Rāma by name whose life was somehow saved by the loyalist Yacama Nayaka, founder of the Venktagırı family See Sahitya-ratnākara and Raghunatna vilāsa-nātaka, Act IV 3 He was at Chidambaram in 1599 AD tal Gingi was bigger than any town in Portugal evcept Lisbon, see Purchas, His Pilgrimes, vol x, chap, vi, f.n 6 4 Its modern name is Tohur It is situated on the southern bank of the Cauvery, two miles south of Grand His copi- ·INTRODUCTION 49 The tenth canto shows Raghunātha vanquishing 2 Kings of Pandya, Tundīra, etc one after another in quick succession Jaggarāja, the former usurper of the throne of Karnāta, died in the battle field Rāvilla Venka, Mākarāja Rāya, Dalayāy Ceñca? and ſākabhūru all fled from the battle-field The captured king of the Pandyas was out of compassion released by Raghunātha Kışnapa, king of Tundīra, again, began to create troubles Raghunātha's armies marched against him while he himself remained at Tiruvaiyār The army captured Bhuvanagırı and other fortresses and defeated Kışnapa who was imprisoned by Raghunāthaº The next canto begins with a description of Tanjore (Tañjāpura) decorated for the reception of victorious king Raghunātha Women took a leading part in merry-making It is said that they again made a grand display of their special proficiency in arts by composing all sorts of verses, explaining learned articles and treatises in various languages, filling up the elliptical feet and composing at ease verses in eight languages and interpreting the compositions of famous poets and dramatists, solving Anicut He describes himself as "चोल धरामण्डल-निखिल-भोग- विभव-निर्जिताखण्डल" in his Bhārata-sāra-samgraha, Mss 8676 and 8677 of Tanjore 1 His name is also found in the Raghunāthābhyudaya of Vijayarāghava Nāyaka 2 In accordance with Purchas, His Pilgrimes, vol x, p 218, Krenapa had his blinded uncle imprisoned and himself managed to escape from the prison 3 Vız, Citra, Bandha, Garbha and Āśu 4 ·50 INTRODUCTION 2 easily the disputed points in the works of great philosophers headed by Kanāda and Patañjalı, playing the lute and other instruments, etc 1 to the great satisfaction of the king They entertained the king with music and dance Again, they are also eulogised as good cooks They composed also a a large number of panegyrics in various languages, particularly on his conquests Thus this canto is exclusively devoted to the description of the women of Tanjore including the members of the røyal and noble families In the twelfth and last canto of the Raghunāthabhyudaya too the poetess describes the women of Tanjore, specially, their proficiency in music and dancing They sang songs in Jayamangala, Simbalalīlā and such other Rāgas and played the tālas called Ratililā, Turangalīlā, Rangabharana, Anangaparikramına, etc They also danced, among others, particular dance called Raghunatha vilāsa named after the king The work closes with a specially happy picture of the enjoying king The Raghunāthābhyudaya is important from two points of view 1 As a historical document of Tanjore at Raghunātha's time and the personal achievements of Raghunātha as well as his ancestors The historical incidents mentioned in this work agree with those recorded in the Sāhitya-ratnākara,* Raghunatha-Bhūpa-vijaya, Raghua 1 Canto xl, vv 23 27, pp 63-64. 2 Vy 82 85 3 V 53 See also v 97 4 MSS 4221 (complete) and 4222 (upto the tenth canto only) of Tanjore Maharaj Serfoji's Sarasvati Mahāl ·INTRODUCTION 51 - an Dātha-vilāsa-nātaka?, etc, of Yajñanārāyana, sor of Govinda Dikşıta , the Rukmini-kalyāna, Kamalınikala-hamsas, Ratnakheta-vijaya*, Śamkarābhyudaya, Library Yajñanārāyana whose poetic qualities were developed through the grace of Raghunātha (प्रौढ-श्रीरघुनाथ-भूपतिकपा-स्फारीभवत्-साहितौ- साम्राज्यो निगमागमार्थ-निपुण. श्रीयज्ञनारायण ), Says of Raghunātha- जलनिधि-गर्भवास-वश-निर्भर दर्परिपु- प्रतिहति-हेतु-सेतु-कति-नूतनदाशरथे। कवि बुध-गायकाभिमत-कल्पन कल्पतरो जय करुणा सनाथ रघुनाथ जनाधिपते ॥ This important work, not as yet published, Is indispensable guide for the history and culture of Tanjore about three hundred years ago 1 This important work which is not as yet avarlable in prut 18 a very reliable and authoritative work on the life and many sided activities of king Raghunātha The Sarasvati Mahāl Library of Tanjore is in possession of only one MS of the same, viz MS No 4487 2 Madras Oriental MSS Library; Author Index, p 68 published by the Adyor Library, Adyar 3. Published from Srirangam, Vani vilas Press धोर-श्रीचिनचव्वयाचातधराधौरेय-भाग्योनती राज्यं श्रीरघुनाथ-नायक-विभौ रज्य त् सहस्र समा. ॥ 4 Ratnakheta's 1 e Srinivasa Dikstta's wife, mother of Rājacūdāmanı Dīkşıta, was a very learned woman who is reported to have composed beautiful verses She ·52 INTRODUCTION - Anar-da-Raghava1 and Kavya-darpana' of Rajacudamani Diksita, son of Ratnakheta Diksita3; the Hari-vamsa-sāracarita and Sahitya sudhā of Govinda Diksita, Minister of both Raghunātha Bhūpa and his father Acyuta, the Sangita sudhā, S Mahābhārata-samgraha,* Rāmāyana sāraused to attend the meetings, join the debates, etc along with her husband Once she was late in attending a meeting and on her husband's query as to the reason of her delay, she gives the following reply वेणीभूतेषु केशेष्वसित-फणि-धिया द्रष्टुमागत्य केको पश्चादारभ्य योड्डु प्रतिशिखि मनसा तेषु विस्र शितेषु । भूयो धम्मिलितेषु प्रकट घन-धिया नर्तनायोज्जजम्भ तन्नृत्तालोकनान्म प्रियसख ममभून्मण्डनश्रीविलम्ब. ॥ She praises her husband and retorts the Northern scholar in the following song which she is reported to have sung विपश्चितामपश्चिमे विवाद-केलि-निश्चले सपत्नजित्ययत्नमेव रत्नखेटदीक्षिते । वहस्पति क जल्पति प्रसर्पति क्क सर्पराड् असन्म खश्च षङ्म ख सुमुखश्चतुर्मुखः ॥ 1 Govt Oriental MSS Library, Madras, Descriptive Catalogue, MS No 12495 2 Large number of MSS in Madras Oriental MSS Library in Grantha and Telugu characters Vizagapatam ed, 1886-87 Vani Vilas Series, No 15, Srirangam, [1925-26] 3 MS belonging to Madras Govt Oriental MSS Library, See Author Index, p 64 4 Also known as Bhārata-sāra-samgraha and - ·INTRODUCTION 53 samgraha,etc, of Raghunātha himself , Pārijāta hælananataka of Kumāra Tātācārya”, Ātma-parīksā of Bhāskara Diksıta, etc 2 As a record of women's achievements in the field of Literature The claim put forward by the poetess that she was Sahitya-sāmrājya bhadra pīthārūdha is no vain outburst She asserts that she could make verses in eight languages and was an expert both in Satalekhini as well as Samayalekhinī* That she was an expert in the arts of music, dance, cooking, etc, is evident from the vivid, though technical, descriptions of these in the work, particularly in its last two cantos In the work women play a prominent part indeed Whereas the last two cantos are exclusively devoted to their eulogy and show them in their loveliest colour, the first six cantos also depict them truly well The remaining cantos are concerned with warfare and struggle in which also women figure prominently The poetess compares the hero throughout the book with Rāma of the Rāmāyana Both Raghunātha and Bhārata samgraha, MSS 8676 and 8677 of Tanjore Maharaj Serfoji's Sarasvati Mahāl Library 1 MSS 9467 and 9468 of Tanjore Maharaj Serfoji's Sarasvati Mahal Library 2 Son of Venkatācārya and grandson of Śrīnivāsaguru, MSS 4381 and 4382 of Tanjore Maharaj Serfoji's Sarasvati Mahāl Library Not available in print 3 MS No 7525 of Tanjore Serfoji Mahārāja's Sarasvati Mahāl MSS Library 4 See the colophon to any canto of the work ·54 INTRODUCTION Rag unātha Bhūpa of Tanjore were obtained by their parents as rewards for their severe penances from Lord Vişnu' Blessed are the persons who cherish Raghunātha, lıke Rāmacandra, in their hearts -says the poetess But she has not cared to keep up the high ideal of Rāma's life, viz, sincere and pure love for Sītā and aversion to any other woman The short Introduction to the printed edition of the book contains in bare outlines only the contents of the book In it nothing has been said about the metrical and the rhetorical excellence of the work The book is however, very rich from the metrical point of view and therefore, a list of all the metres employed is appended (see Appendıx II) The major portion of the work is composed 1s इन्द्रवजा, उपेन्द्रवजा or उपजाति । A large number of verses is composed in Cufruti There are some verses in पञ्चचामर, प्रबोधिता and मञ्जु भाषिणी metres that are not commonly used This work, no doubt rich in rhetorical embellishments, suffers from one great defect--the language is rather 1 Canto vi Mūrtyambikā and Acyuta had to undergo severe penances for obtaining the son एवविध नन्दनमिन्दुवक भजेमहि पौरमण प्रसाद्य । विना तपोभिर्विविधैर्जगत्या भजन्ति के वा सुत-रूप-भाग्यम् ॥ 2 Canto xil, v 89 (last verse of the work) अधिकश्रियमच्युतेन्द्रसुनु रघूनाथं रघुनाथमेव साक्षात् । हृदये कलयन्ति ये महान्त. परमानन्दभरात्त एव धन्याः ॥ Cp viii, 99. 3 Canto viu, v. 10, afati ·INTRODUCTION 55 stiff Unlike the Madhurā-vijaya of Gangādevi, it lacks spontaneity and easy grace Her Sürya stotra in the fourth canto is beautiful The summary of the Rāmāyana” in the same canto seems rather uncalled for though, probably, it was inserted for the pleasure of Raghunātha who was very much devoted to Rāmacandra and himself wrote the Andhra-Rāmāyana* 6 Tirumalāmbū Tirumalāmba flourished in the first half of the sixteenth century A D The Kalahasti Inscription, No 157 of Epigraphic Reports of 1924, records that Acyutarāya was crowned King in 1529 He reigned till 1542 As the present work desribes Acyutadeva as a king, it must have been composed between 1529 and 1542 During her student-life as well, Tirumalāmbā appears to have composed verses as one of them is preserved in an inscription of the Vitthala temple at Hampe, commemorating the gift of Suvarna-meru or a mountainous heap of gold by king Acyutarāya* The inscription 92 > 39 " vv 41-42 , gfq4qNH V 34, face vv 53, 56 and 59, fatat i 1 Vy 18-29 2 Vợ 438 3 Unfortunately this Rāmāyana is no more extant He is the reputed author of several Telugu works but only one of them, viz, the Vālmīki-carita 18 preserved in Tanjore MSS Library 4 Epigraphic Reports, No 9 of 1904 ·56 INTRODUCTION 2 records her name as Oduva Turumalāmbā or Student Tirumalāmbā Although we have no direct evidence at hand to prove conclusively the identity of the two Tirumalām bās, yet it may, with a fair amount of certainty, be assumed that they are the same In the long colophon at the end she does not reten to herself as a queen as is usually done by Queen authoresses, but only speaks of herself as very dear (प्रेमसर्वख) to the King and his confidante (विश्वासभू) So from this colophon it is not clear whether she was a court-lady, or an intimate friend of the king, or one of his queens, these two epithets being applicable equally to either That she was not the chief queen is in any case clear from her own writing where she refers to Varadāmbıkā as such? This is supported by other important works like the Acyutarāyābhyudaya of Rājanātha Dındımakayı* In such works, however, we get no reference to Tuumalāmbā Nowhere in the body of the Varadāmbikā-parınaya- 1 See the next foot note 2 The editor of the printed edition thinks that "the phrase राजाधिराजाच्युतराय-प्रेमसर्वस्वविश्वासभुवा Shows that she was a queen of the Emperor" We do not see why this phrase should refer to a queen only, and not any one else In fact, a queen or any other lady may be designated by these epithets So nothing can be inferred definitely on the evidence of this phrase alone as the editor thinks 3 P 148, पट्टाभिषेक-महिषी-पदमप्यमुष्य दत्त्वा, etc 4 Madras Goyt MSS Library, 3MSS, p 9, Alphabetical Index ·INTRODUCTION 57 campū also is there any reference to Tirumalāmba, either as a queen or otherwise Therefore, it is rather difficult to determine her exact status from her own work or other standard Historical works In the colophon to the work Tirumalāmbā speaks of herself as a versatile genius-a musician, grammarian rhetorician, writer, connoisseur of various arts, linguistand a patron of scholars and poets She was religiouslyminded,-making rich offerings to priests and various religious institutions She asserts that she enjoyed the full confidence of the king and seems to be rather proud of the facti 1 The colophon –इत्य कवाराकर्णनमात्र-दृढावधारित-नव्य- काव्य-नाटकालवार- पुराणागम-रहस्य सारस्थानुबन्ध-समिन्धान-खाभा- विक-प्रतिभानुभावया, विद्या- विशेष- निरवद्य- विद्वहर- सकल-कविकुल- श्रवणानन्द-चिन्तितानन्ताभीष्ट- फलाश्रयण विश्राणन-कामगवीभवद- शेष-भाषा-विषय-सविशेषोन्मेष-चतुरिम-गर्भित- सरस-प्रबन्ध-सन्दर्भया, विविध- विद्या- प्रगल्भ- राजाधिराजाच्युतराय-सार्वभौम- प्रेम-सर्वस्व- विश्वासभुवा, निरुपाधिक-महोपकार-निर्माण-धर्म-निर्मल-हृदयया, निखिल-लिपि-विलेखन-नियत-वितरण-कृतहस्त-हस्तारविन्दया, विरिञ्च- चञ्चल-नयना-नखाञ्चल-समुदञ्चित-विपञ्ची-प्रपञ्चित-पञ्चम-मधुरिमोदञ्चन- विकखर-कण्ठ खरया, विपुल-तलातल-विहार-विनोद-साकारावतीर्ण- शतपर्णासन-वरवर्णिनौ मति-निर्णायिकया, नाना-देश-प्रतिष्ठितानेक- विरचित-वाजपेय-पौण्डरीक-सर्वतोमुख-महाध्वर-दिजवर- वितीर्यमाणा- शौविशेष-परिपोषित-भाग्य-सौभाग्यया, नियत-रक्षित कवि-कुटुम्बया तिरुमलाम्बया निर्मितं वरदाम्बिका-परिणयन्नाम चम्पू-काव्यम् आचन्द्र-तारकम् अभिवर्धताम् ॥

·58 INTRODUCTION The work that such a cultured lady has produced is indeed a very good specimen of the campū-kāvya It is important historically as well as topographically The work is also charming from the poetical point of view The pedigree of Acyutadevarāya given in the Varadāmbikā parinaya-campū is historically correct The traditional account of Divine ancestors varies, however, to a certain extent Moon Budha Purūravas = Uryasi Ayu Nahuga Yayāti Turvasu 4 * Timma=Devakī Isvara - Bukkamāmbā Nrsimha=Ombamām bā! 1 Her cowives were Tippāmpa, mother of Viranarasimha and Nāgamāmbā, mother of Krşnadevarāya, grandmother of Tirumala and Tirumalāmbā and great-grandmother of Krsna and Pedda Timma Vide Acyutarāyābhyudaya by Rājanātha Kayı ·INTRODUCTION 59 A cyutal= Varadāmbika cyuta* Venkatādnº This is the third Royal Family of Vijayanagara Empire founded by Bukka I with the aid of his Minister Mādhava Acārya, later on known as Vidyāranya, author of Kāla- Madhava, Jaimıniya-nyāya mālā, etc, The accounts of Naiasımha, father of Acyuta, given in this work are also, on the whole, borne out by other evidences He conquered all the neighbouring countries including Cola About the Cola king it is stated in the Varadāmbikā-parinaya that he was taken as a piisoner but subsequently he managed to escape to the sea-coast But there is a different version that Narasa kılled the Cola Again, the statement in the present work that the sovereign of Madura submitted to him without fight 18 not borne out by the evidence of the Acyutarāyābhyudaya of Rājanāthas Then he conquered the ruler of Seringapatam, captured the forts of Dumakur and Taraśangi and the Sultan, perhaps Yusuf Adil Shah of Haiderabad Narasımha restored his country to the Sultan after his submission Narasa married Obamāmbā, daughter of Rucırāja and Srirāmām bika There is no reference in this work to his previous two wives, Tippāmbā and Nāgamāmbā By 1 His brother was Ranga, father of Sadāśiva 2 Known as Cina Venkatādri 3 कंस यथा कैटभजिह्वलेन समन्वित सैनिकमलहन्ता। मदप्रवृत्त मरव मथित्वा महीमहेन्द्रो मधुरामहार्षीत् ॥३१॥ महेन्द्र-लोकं मरवाय दत्त्वा मध्येसमौक मधुरा स जडे । ३२ (क) ·60 INTRODUCTION 2 Obamām bā he got a son who was named Acyutarāya after the name of god Acyuta Acyuta ascended the throne when he was quite grown-up He married Varadāmbikā, younger sister of his Ministers both called Tirumalarāja They bad, after a considerable time, a son called Cina-Venkatādri Satisfied with the learning and achievements of his son, Acyutarāya installed him as the Heir Apparent This book ends with prayer to Venkatādrı (Tirupatı) for the long life and all-round happiness of Acyuta, Varadāmbıkā and Cinivenkatādri With womanly sympathy our poetess goes to the extent of giving a vivid description, whether real or fictitious, of the first meeting between the lovers, the consequent pangs suffered by both of them, etc Having described the conquests of Narasimha, she unlocks her heart and tenderly delineates beautiful pictures of a devoted wife (Varadāmbikā) and mother in succession The descriptions of Vijayanagara?, Tonda mandala (Tundira-deśa), Colas, the river Kāveri*, Adam's bridge Seringapattam (Śrīranga-pattana) represent vividly the topography of of Southern India of the sixteenth Century AD 1 Pp 19 25, विद्यापुरी वीरवर खधाम्ना व्यद्योतत व्याप्त- जगत्तयोक ॥ And pp 83-84 2 Pp 25-34 (single sentence) 3 P 34 4 Pp 35 43-le, etc कवेरज़ाया कलितोरु-भोगान् दृष्ट्वा पुरो दक्षिण-कूलभोगान् । वरूथिनी वर्म-परिश्रमाता निवेशयामास टपालसिह. ॥ 5 Pp 78-79 6 Pp 79-80 ·INTRODUCTION 61 The Varadambika-parinaya-campu 1s full of long compounds running over many lines in print, even pages at times and as such, outstandingly represents the Quality called Ojas But sweetness and simplicity are not altogether wanting, for example, we have simple and charming descriptions of the royal bridegroom Acyuta bringing his bride to his own palace, the advent of the spring, etc 3 1 Dandin's Kavyadarsa, I- ओज समासभूयस्तमेतद् गद्यस्य जीवितम् । 2 प्रविश्य तस्मिन् प्रमना नृपाल- स्वा राजकन्या विधिनोपयम्य । श्रियं पयोधेरिव शेषशायी समानयत्ता सदन खकीयम् ॥ V 127 The king now enjoys himself in her company पट्टाभिषेकमहिषीपदमप्यमुष्य दत्त्वाऽधिकप्रणयदर्शित कौतुकधी । क्षौणीपति सह तयाऽन्वभवत् समस्तान विख्यातराग सुभगान् विषयोपभोगान् ॥ V 128 3 At the advent of the spring, everybody is gay, none the less the youthful ladies आराम-कामास्त्र-निकेतनेऽस्मिन् अस्मासु सर्वायुध-हारिणीषु । च ताड र तस्य पिका प्रियास्त्र चञ्चौ निधायेव समुच्चलन्ति ॥V 139 and eversomore the Queen- एवविधैर्नर्म-वचोविलासै सखो-जनस्य श्रवणातिथेयै ॥ अज्ञात-पुष्यावचय-प्रयासा देवी तदा कम्र-गतैरचारीत्॥V 140 And so on (see vv 166, 157, etc) ·62 INTRODUCTION The high soaring poetic imagination of Tirumalamba makes a lasting impression Grand indeed is the description of the evening? The setting sun is nothing but a ruby-lıd which being removed by the childish moon from the top of the skyvessel, dense darkness sets in cfare-a-face-faat, 96 al-NF GT yola धुसृणं वियन्मघव-नौल-करण्डाद्- गलितं यथा घनमदृश्यत सन्धा॥V 158 Again, the sun behaves like a chamberlain of Lord Nārāyana who makes Laksmī (beauty) leave her lotushome and accompany him for the region of Visnu lying on the Ocean Kşīroda सागरोदर-शयस्य मुरारे कञ्चुकीव विलसत्कर दण्ड । इन्दिरा दुयमणिरम्बज-गेहादात्मनैव सह नूनमनैषीत् ॥ V 159 Thus it cannot be denied that though her style is usually heavy, long compounds retarding its easy flowyet at times we get indeed fine imageries couched in beautiful language 1 Pp 170-173 2 P 173 3 The idea is - Lakşmi has to leave her paternal residence as it were for the house of her Lord Nārāyana in the company of his chamberlain, the sun, in other words, the lotuses fade away as soon as the sun sets.

·INTRODUCTION 63 The work 18 rich in rhetorical embellishments "It furnishes good examples of anuprāsa and yamaka , and of arthāntara-nyāsa, parisamkhyāna, virodha, śleşa, sahoktı, svabhāvokti, etc Here similes and metaphors are apt, novel and striking Tirumalāmbā uses, among others, the following metres. Drutavılarbita, rathoddhatā, sālınī, svāgatā, aupacchandasika, vamśastha, kalahamsa, mañjābhāşınī, praharsınī, pithyi, narkutaka mālini, śikharınī, viyogini and harınaplutā From the accounts given above it is seen that Queen Gangādevi and Queen Lakşmī, Madhuravānī, Tirumalāmbā, and Rāmabhadrāmbā, ie all the poetesses dealt with above except Devakumārıkā flourished in the south The credit for fostering the poetic talents of these gifted ladies goes mostly to the Vijayanagara emperors and the Nayaka Bhūpas of Tanjore Whereas Lakşmi Rājñi is a modern poetess, Gangādevi is the oldest of them all Madhuravāni and Rāmabhadrāmbā flourishing in the court of the same patron Raghunatha are contemporaries Tirumalāmbā who flourished in the court of Acyutarāya, brother-in-law of the father of Raghunātha Bhūpa, was a senior contemporary, if a contemporary at all, of Rāmabadrāmbā and Madhuravāņi There is a difference of some 75 years between the dates of these last-mentioned poetesses

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·2 DEVAKUMARIKĀ वैद्यनाथ-प्रासाद-प्रशस्तिः अथ वंश-वर्णनम् 1. शिवं साम्बमहं वन्दै विद्या-विभव-सिद्धये । जगत्-सूति-हरं शम्भुं सुरासुर-समर्चितम् ॥ 2. गुञ्जद-चमद्-भ्रमर-राजि-विराजितास्य । स्तम्बरमाननमहं नितरां नमामि। यत्-पाद-पकज-पगग-पवित्रताना प्रत्यूह-राशय इह प्रशमं प्रयान्ति ॥ । 3. शारदा वसतु शारदाम्ब ज- खानना मम मुखाम्बुजे सदा। यत्-कपा-युत-कटाक्ष-भाग यतोऽ- भाग्य-लोपमयमेति मानवः ॥ cp. RaghV , I I , गौरौ, v I, Sanskrit Poetesses, (henceforth abbreviated as SansP) part A 6 I 2 M अनुष्टुप । 3 Swarms of bees are supposed to enjoy themselves on the sweet scented elephant-face of गणेश । 4 In rituals, गणेश 1s to be worshipped first of all He is the remover of all evils and is always addressed as विघ्न-विनाशन । 5 M वसन्त-तिलक । 6. M रथोड़ता।

·(2) 4 स भूयाद एक-लिङ्गेशो ' जगतो भूतये विभुः । यस्य प्रसादात् कुर्वन्ति राज्यं राणा भुवः स्थिरम् ॥ 5. यदेक-लिङ्ग समभूत् पृथिव्या तेनैक-लिङ्ग त्यभिधाऽभ्यधायि । चतुर्दशी माघ-भवा हि कृष्णा तस्या समुद्भतिरभूच्छिवस्य ॥ तदा मुनीना प्रवरस्तपस्वी हारोत-नामा शिव-भक्त आसीत् । स एक-लिङ्ग विधिवत्-सपर्या- विधेरतोषिष्ट शिवेष्ट निष्ठः ॥ 6 I 2 For एकलिनेश, see Tod's Annals of Rajasthāna (henceforth, abbreviated as AnnRaj), vol I, pp. 534 ff. एकलिङ्ग is the family deity of the vois of Chitor M. पनुष्टुप । 3 M इन्द्रवज्रीपेन्द्र-वज्रा-मिश्रीपजाति। The metre of the verses in this canto 1s उपजाति, a combination of the इन्द्रवजा and उपेन्द्रवजा or these latter two except where mentioned otherwise. 4. A legend that is confirmed by Tod , AnnRaj, Annals of Mewar, Chap. II, P 235 The root तुष 1s अन्तर्भूत-ण्यर्थ here The श्रात्मनेपद Is to be accounted for by the dictum- आत्मनेपदमिच्छन्ति परम पदिना क्वचित् । कदाचित् कुप्यते माता नीदरस्था हरीतको । 6 M. इन्द्रवजीपेन्द्र-वजा मिथोपजाति । 5

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7 वापाभिधो रावल उन्नतेच्छो
हातिमेनं गुरुमन्वमस्त ।
विद्या प्रसादोदय-बुद्धि-वृद्धव
यथा मरुत्वानिव वागधीशम् ॥
8 तस्योपदेशन समग्र-सिद्धे-
पानृपस्याथ बभूव सिद्धिः ।
आराधनात्तुष्टिमतोऽस्य शम्भो-
स्तदेक-लिङ्गस्य विभोः प्रसादात् ॥
9. सूर्यान्वयोऽसाविव तिग्म-रश्मिः
प्रताप-संशोषित-कदमारिः ।
समुच्छसत्-खोय-मुखाम्ब ज-श्री-
दूरोभवद्दष्ट-खलान्धकारः ॥
10. अथाभवद् राण-पदं वितन्वन्
राहण्य-राण: प्रथितः पृथिव्याम् ।
तदादि तद्-वंश-भवा नरेन्द्रा
"राणे"ति शब्द महितं भजन्ते ॥
I
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See p 238 of the AnnRaj for this name
2 यथा in the sense of इव 1s redundant here
3 For the Rajput races who claim descent from the
Moon and Yadu, see Ann Raj, p 87 f For the tiuis being
the direct descendants of 777, of the solar line, see op cit, p.88.
4. An ancient bard of Bappa Rawal's family , he succeeded
Bappa in Samvat 1257, A D 1201. He ruled? thirty-eight years.
5. A change introduced by 778 from the title 790 to
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·(4) 11. रण स्थिरत्वन्तु तदा नृपाणा दिनाधिनाथान्वय-सम्भवानाम् । चतुर्दिगन्त-प्रथितं हि राण- पदं हि तत् सार्थकतामवाप्तम । 12. राहप्प-राणान्नरपाल आसौद' धनुभृतां मुख्यतर: मृथिव्याम् । जितारि-वर्ग: परम-प्रधान: सुश्राव्य-कीर्तिनरवनरेन्द्रः॥ 13. दिनकरस्तु ततोऽप्यभवत् सुतो दिनकर-ति-भाड नरपालतः । अवनि-मण्डल-भूपति-मण्डली- मुकुट-रत्न-विराजित-पत् कजः 14. यशकर्ण इहाभवत्ततो यशसैवातिसमुज्वला भुवम् । 3 run for denoting the completion of his feud with Mokul who enjoyed the title राणा । राणा skilful in warfare, रण जानातीति 2 I. सदा Perhaps the nine Princes of Chitor who ascended the throne within the short period of fifty years and whose names are not known, are mentioned by name here. 3. कज means पद्म , which grows in क or water. 4. M. द्रुत-विलम्बित। -

·S
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बुभुजे युग'-दीर्घ-बाहु-भृ-
निज-वीरत्वमवन् विषत्स्वपि ॥
1b. ततस्तु नागपालोऽभूनागायुत-बलोत्कटः ।
शशास वसुधामता प्रजा धर्मेण पालयन् ॥
16 ततोऽभवत् पूर्ण-मनोरथोऽयं
कपाण-पाणिः किल
पूर्णपालः ।
पूर्ण सुखैः पालयतीति विख
तत्-पूर्णपालत्वमधायि तेन ।
17. तस्मादभूटुग्रतरश्च पृथ्वी-
मल्लोऽरि-हस्तिष्विव हस्ति-मल्लः ।
ये युद्ध-मल्ला बल-दर्प-नहा-
त्तस्मादवायुः खलु भङ्गमेव ॥
18. तस्माद् भुवनसिंहोऽभूदु धराधीशो महेन्द्रवत् ।
युधि भूपाल-मातङ्गाः पलायन्ते यदीक्षिताः ॥ 4
19. तत्-सूनुरुग्रः किल भीमसिंहो
भयंकरो भौम इवाहितानाम् ।
Amark , III 3 24, p 192, "यानाद्यड गे युग पु सि" , see als)
क्षीरस्वामिन्'s interesting note on the same, op. cit , cp KalpDK
p 104, v I37 , AbhCin, 3 420, p 302
2. M सुन्दरौ or वियोगिनी ।
3. M श्लोक।
4
5 For a detailed account about him, see AnnRaja,
p. 276 f He fell in the battle, in 1303 AD, against Alla-o-dın,
5
I
M नीक।

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S
एकातपत्रा' भुवमेत्य वीरो
निष्कण्टकां दीर्घ-भुजो' बुभोज ॥
20. तदन-जन्मा जयसिंह-राणो
भुवं समग्रां प्रथितः शशास।
जयो हि यस्मिन् स्थिरतामुपेत्य
पुनर्न कस्मिन् स्थिरता बभाज ॥
21, तदात्मजः सागर-धीर-चेता
नाम्ना ततो लक्षणसिंह आसीत् ।
यो मेघ-नाद सुविजित्य गोभिः
स्थितो हि गमानुजवनरेन्द्रः ॥
22. तस्मान्महीयान् अरिसिंह भूपो
भू-मण्डलाखण्डलता जगाम।
लसहिषत्-कुञ्जर-मस्तकोद्यन्-
मुक्ताभिराकोर्या-पदाग्र-भूमि ॥
1. Note the safe or Transferred Epithet here
2. All the heroes are proverbially possessed of long arms,
see the description of Arjuna in the MBh
in the MBh , Ragh V.I 13.
3 The favourite son Hafee who survived his father,
mother and brothers
4. According to Tod, लक्ष्मणसिह ascended the throne before
भौमसिह and अजयसिह। सागर 1s not mentioned in the Annals
See p 280, Ann Raj, acc to which he was the elder
brother of अजयसिह ।
5

·(7) 1 23. ततोऽरिसिंहादभवड्दमौरः समिद्ध-तेजा इव शम्भुरोद्यः । शिरः-स्खलत्-खधुनि-सुप्रवाह- पवित्रताशेष-जगज्जनौघः ॥ 24 यश्चैक-लिङ्गस्य शिवस्य लिङ्ग पुनर्वशित्वाइल्मुद्दधार। शिवायैव प्रमथाधिनाथ- सेना-विधि स स्वयमन्वकार्षीत् ॥ 25. हमीर-देवादलभत्" सुर-श्री- यः क्षेत्रसिंहः पितुरेव राज्यम् । यस्मिन् महौं शासति वीर-वये स्थिता श्रुतौ तस्करता प्रजासु ॥ Son of sfifue and the Chundano Rajputnee It was the last wish of his grandfather Hafa that he would be offered the throne after the death of his uncle अजयसिह । Thus was expelled from the throne FAREE one of whose descendants, the celebrated fact, the founder of the Mahratta nation, later on made a history of his own The Jais of Nepal also originated from another Rajput prince who was also expelled from Chitor According to the dictum, अपि माष मष कुर्याच्छन्दोमन न जातु- चित्, the poetess makes अलभत अलभत् for the sake of metre 3 See Ann Raj, P 285 He ruled Chitor from 1364 to 1382 AD Worthy son of हमौर, he went on conquering regions after regions but unfortunately he lost his life in a famıly broil at the hands of one whose daughter he had intended to marry 4. cp RaghV I 27 I 2 ·(8) १ 26. लक्ष्य-व्यधान् योध-गणान् विधत्ते लक्षावधि द्राग धनमत्र दत्ते। यो लक्ष-वारं विबभन्न शत- लक्षाभिधोऽस्मादुदभूबरेन्द्रः ॥ 27. मकार-वाची खलु विष्णुशब्द उकार-वाची किल शम्भुशब्दः । तो चेतसि व कलयत्यमीक्षा तस्मान्न पो मोकल' इत्यमाणि ॥ 28 स मोकल: सर्व-गुणोपपन्न सम्पाप पुत्र किल कुम्भकर्णम् । व्यध means वेध , see AmarK, 3 28, p 184 लचसिह assassinated वसिह and ascended the throne of Chitor in 1382 AD He was the founder of the mines of his country and a valiant king, he encountered Mahamed Shah Lodi He contributed to the prosperity of his country in various ways 3 He ascended the throne in AD 1397 against the interests of his elder brother que who promised to renounce his birth-right. The change of the rule of primogeniture almost broke the royal line. As his stepmother, however, realised her mistake at a time that was not too late for remedy, que came back to Chitor and drove off the usurpers, the father and brother of his step mother This powerful king was assassinated by the natural brothers of his father. 14 had to face difficulties at the beginning of his reign (1433 A D). He sought the help of the prince of 2 4 ·(9) 8 यः कुम्भ-जन्मेव विपक्ष-सैन्य- महार्णवस्थान्य इहावतीर्णः॥ 29. यः कुम्भकर्णादपि युद्ध-शाली यः कुम्भकर्णारि-मनाः सदैव । यः कुम्भि-दाने धृत-चित्त-वृत्तिः स कुम्भकर्णेत्यभिधा बभार ॥ 30 स रायमल्लो गुरु-कुम्भकर्णाद् भुवं समग्रा विधिवच्छशास । यं रायमल्ल प्रति मल्ल-योद्धा धरा-तलेऽस्मिन् न बभूव कश्चित् ॥ Marwar which was a really right step to success in life He married मौरावाई, the famous Hindu Female Saint and Poetess He ruled for 35 years with triumphant glory but ended his life rather disgracefully-both for nimself and for his son उदयसिह, who assassinated him in A D 1468 and whose five years' reign at Chitor is a aark chapter in the Annals of Mewar कुम्भकर्णारि Is राम। That he was extremely religiouslyminded is evidenced by his monuments consecrated to religion and particularly, by his commentary on the sita-rifame, a devotional work (published by the निणय-सागर Press) Who constantly offered gifts just as an elephant emits achor. कुम्भिनी दानम् इव दान तम्मिन् , note the pun on दान । In the case of the elephant, a means ichor and in the case of the "King it means gifts कुम्भ-दाने? 1 e, who liberally offered pitcherfuls of gold, silver, etc 3 रायमल्ल was the heir-apparent of कुम्भकर्ण who exiled " I 2 ·(11) येन विश्व-वलयैक-भूषणं भूभृतोदयपुरं विनिर्मितम् ॥ 34 1 प्रतापसिंहोऽथ बभूव तस्माद् धनुर्धरो धैर्य-धरो धरियाम् । म्लेच्छाधिपः क्षत्र-कुलेन मुक्तो धमोऽप्यथैनं शरणं जगाम ॥ 35 प्रतापसिंहेन : सुरक्षितोऽसौ पुष्टः परं तुन्दिलतामगच्छत् । अकर्वर-म्लेच्छ-गणाधिपस्य परं मन:-शल्यमिवाभवद् यः॥ Akbar, the Mogul emperor, who was ruling the Northern India at that tin He survived the loss of his country for five years and died when only 42 प्रतापसिह was offered the throne by Kishna against the express wish of Ecafer who wanted Jugmal to be the king By लक्षणा. it means here धनुर्धर-तम । 3 Pratap was the miracle prince of Chitor who infused new spirit into his countrymen at the teeth of antagonis even from his blood relations, Viz . the princes of विकानौर, अम्बर, माडीयार and his own brother सागरजी। Amidst such odd circums. tances, the ruling genius of Pratap protected him as well as his country He dictated that all the safegis must leave aside their houses on the plains of Mewar and live with him in the hills When मानसिह, brother-in-law of Akbar, was refused the honour of dining with प्रतापसिह, मानसिह promised to the downfall of Mewar and gain even I 2 11sm see ·( 12 ) 36. 479-27-AUG-A759- it: समग्र-भूमावमरेन्द्र-कल्पः । आसंस्तु तेनैव कृताः सुमार्गा भूपैः स्व-वंश्यरपि येषु खेले । 1 at the cost of his life--in his own words if his name was #19 No sooner had he reported the matter to Ahbar than he sent Prince Selim to take revenge for the insult flung at his maternal uncle by gang i The consequence was the battle, in July, 1576 AD, of Haldighat which has immortalised the name of garai When the gallant cam, yait's steed, breathed his last, zafer, a born enemy and kin of gata, saved his lite galu endured all sorts of difficulties that are even not imaginable, still he never submitted to his foe Akbar His last permanent grief was that he found in Amarasimha an unworthy heir अमरसि ह succeeded his father प्रतापसि ह In 1597 AD As Akbar had consolidated his powers now, the remaining part of Akbar's reign (8 years) was rather a quite time for the TUTI Since then Jehangir kept him constantly busy in warfare, though he himself and his son Purbez were not infrequently defeated by the 101 However, repeated attacks of the Mogul King wreched the fortune and forces of Chitor so much so that when Khoorum, later on known as Shah Jehan, attacked her again in 1613 AD, she could hardly resist the attack Consequently Amara proved to be the unfortunate ruler of Mewar who had to exchange gieetings with the Mogul emperor His son hafa x was to be sent at his 12th year to the court of Jehangir to pay him homage on his behalf.

·( 13 ) 37 तस्मादभूत् कर्ण-समान-दान- प्रवाहभृद् भूभृदिहैव कर्णः । ततो जगत्सिंह'धराधिपोऽभूटु भाग्याधिपोऽसावमरेन्द्र-कल्पः । 38. तेनोर्जिता षोडश-दान-माला मान्धाट-तीर्थादिवरेषु तेने। राजाङ्गनस्याग्रत एष विष्णोः प्रासादमच लिहमाततान ॥ 39. ततोऽभवद् भूमि-पतिः पृथिव्या धराधिराजः किल राजसिंहः ।। येनेह पृथी-वलयैक रूप सर: समुद्रोपममन्वबन्धि ॥ 40 दिल्ली-पतेर्मालपुरः पुरं यद् बाढ बलट्-भूरि-बलश्च कुन्थ । I कर्ण became the ruler of Mewar in 1621 A D. जगत्सि ह succeeded his father कर्ण in 1628 AD He reigned for 26 years rather peacefully 3 राजसि ह succeeded his father जगत्सि ह in 1654 AD 4 The lake called Rajsamudra was a national undertaking named after the then ruler राजसि ह। It was excavated to relieve the people of pestilence, famine, etc The excavation continued for seven years 5. He plundered मालपुर which was on the आजमौर frontier.

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.
धराधिपत्य विधिवद विधाय
शक्रासनस्यार्धमथाधितष्ठी ॥
41 तदङ्ग-जन्मा जयसिंह-राणी'
धुरं धरित्रमा बिभराम्बभूव ।
यो दान-दाक्षिण्य-गुणैक-सिन्धु-
र्भाग्याधिको बुद्धिमता वरिष्ठः ॥
42 नृणामहं भूमि-पति यदुक्त
कृष्णन सत्य जयसिंह-राण ।
वचोऽस्ति यद्
वेगवती तदीया
सरः कृता सेतु-विबन्धनन ॥
43. अमर-नर-पतिस्तत्-सूनुरेवाभवद् यः
सकल-नर-पतीनामेष मूर्धन्य आसीत् ।
नयसि ह succeeded his father राजसि ह in 1681 A D He
had a miserable home-life As a matter of fact, his son
Amara actually led an army against him with the result that
he had to be exiled from Mewar for the life-time of the
ruling राणा।
BhG , 10 27 This stanza does not make good sense as
the first part of the verse does not seem to have anything to
do with the second
3 This turbulent prince, though suffering for his morally,
unpardonable behaviour towards his father tried his
level best to liberate Mewar from Mogul rule He
vehemently protested and led a serious campaign against the
re-introduction of the Zezeya tax by the Mogul ruler
Ferocksere
2

·(15) विधि-विरचित-रेखा यो दरिद्रो भवति स्व-विहित-बहु-दान रथिनामावमाष्टि। 44. शिव-प्रसादाद वर-सविलास- पदाभिधं सौधमथातनिष्ट । स राज-राजादि-समान-मानो महेन्द्र-तेजा अमरेश-राणः ॥ 45. अन्तस्तडागं जग-मन्दिरं यन्- मध्ये-समुद्रं रजतोच्चयः किम् । अकारि तेनामरसिंह-नाना विभाति वैकुण्ठमिव हितोयम् ॥ 46. अथामरेन्द्रश्च सुरेन्द्र-कल्यो हठादसौ शाहपुरं बभञ्ज। ज्वलडुताशाबलि-दिग्ध-दोघ- स्तम्भ बभौ किंशुकयुग वनं वा । 47. अखण्डिताङ्ग भुवन-प्रकाश विस्तारिताशं किरणक-रम्यम् । I M. मालिनी। 2 1 कैलास। 3. तडागस्य अन्त अन्तस्तडागम् । अव्ययमिति योग-विभागात् समास । 4. The moon, which extends the horizon ·(16) यः कीर्ति-चन्द्र प्रविधाय भूमी वलारि-लोक' बहु-वित्तदोऽगात् ॥ 48 वंशो विस्तारिता यातु राण-भूमि-भुजामयम् । यावन्मेरुर्धरा-धारी यावच्चन्द्र-दिवाकरौ ॥ इति देवकुमारिका-नाम-राज-माल कत-वैद्यनाथ-प्रासाद- प्रशस्ती वंश-वर्णनम् । I. The region of बलारि 1 e. Indra , so इन्द्र-लोक is meant here 2. अनुष्टुप ।

·अथ द्वितीय-प्रकरणम् । 49. तदङ्ग-जन्मा भुवनैक-वीरो भू-मण्डल भूषयतीह नित्यम् । संग्रामसिंहः श्रुत-शास्त्र-धर्मा धर्मावतारः प्रथितः पृथिव्याम् ॥१॥ मुन्यङ्ग-सप्तेन्दु-युताब्द-शुक्र- मासे सिते नाग-तिथौ गुरौ च । पट्टाभिषेकोत्सव-सन्मुहूर्त सग्रामसिंहस्य शुभं तदासीत् ॥२॥ 50.. 2 I मर्मा? The metre used in this canto is either इन्द्रवजा, उपेन्द्रवजा, or उपजाति, their combination except in a few verses, where the metres will be separately noted 3 मुनि = 7, अङ्ग =6, इन्दु =I. Therefore the date of HAFAE's accession to the throne is the 1767 Samvat i e ITIO II A. D Acc. to the AnnRaj., Samgrama reigned from 1716 A D.-1734 A, D 4 1 e ज्येष्ठ-मास। 5 1 e. the अष्टमी। 6. i e Thursday. 7. So the coronation of the took place on Thursday, the eighth day of the white half of the moon in the month of sig in 1710-11 of the Samvat era 2 ·18 Sanskrit Poetesses 51. 52.. पुरोहितः श्री-मुख-राम-नामको वृद्धः सुराणामिव यो वृहस्पतिः । सर्व तनोति स्म विधि विधानवित् पट्टाभिषेकोत्सव-योग्य-मन्वतः३॥ तीर्थीदको. काञ्चन-कुम्भ-संस्थ- मूर्धाभिषिक्तोऽथ नृपः स-मन्त्रः । ततस्तु नेपथ्य-विधि दधानो' *धर्माभिमुक्तार्क इव व्यगजत् ॥४॥ अशोभतासौ नमु-कामुकेन मतगजेनेव मदोत्कटेन। क्रामन् पुरौं देव-पुरोमिवेन्द्रो लोकाभिरामां नर-देव-नाम् ॥५॥ 53 9, 1 For the Vedic sources of these mantras, see TaitSamh 18, TatBrah I. 6-8, PancBrah 18. 8-11, AitBrah. 7. 13-8, SataBrah 5, 2 3 5. 5. Apasss. 18 , BaudhSS I2 , KatSS. 15, AsVSS 9. 314, SanSS I5. 12-27, 16. 18, Latss. 9. I-3, Vaits. 36. ManSS KatSamh. 15, MatSamh.2.6, VajSamh. I0. I0. 2. M. वश-स्थविल । Having put on (royal) robes 4. धर्म means summer , see AbhCın 2. 218, p. 127. So धर्माभिमुक्तार्क would mean the sun in the rainy reason. 5 अशीभयत् सोऽधमु-१ अधमु means पूर्व-दिक्-करिणो , so her lover is पूर्व दिग्गज 1e, ऐरावत । Cp. Amark, I I. 46, p. I0. "ऐरावती अधमु-वल्लभा ।"

·Devakumārikā 19 54. यस्याभिषेकाम्बु, -समाद्र-वेदी यावन चाऽऽश्यायत तावदेव । सुदुःसहः शत्रु-गणैः प्रतापो दिगन्तराण्येव समभ्यगच्छत् ॥६॥ 65. ततो निजस्योद्दत'-वंश-नाम- धरं महोग्रं रावलेश-पुत्रम् । मेवातिनामेव पराजयाय संग्राम- नामानमुपादिशत् सः ॥७॥ 56. कायस्थ उग्रः किल कान्थजिद् य- स्तमादिशद दुष्ट-वधाय वोरम् । गती तु युद्धाय महौजसौ ती यत्रास्ति मेवातिगण: स दृप्तः ॥८॥ I. श्यै is a गत्यर्थक root , when preceded by श्रा-1t, however, means to dry up, eg पथश्चाऽऽश्यान-कर्दमान, RaghV iv. 24 2. The reading faster is wrong, both grammatically and in sense 3. रा should be र , the line 1s, as at present, metrically defective. 4. This सग्राम 1s रावलेश पुत्र सग्राम and not identical with the king 5 See verses 9-10, प्रकरण 4 ·20 Sanskrit Poetesses 57. म्लेच्छाधिपैस्तैरपि युद्ध-दक्षः संग्रामसिंहस्य च योद्धृ-मुख्य ः। घोरं महा-चित्र-करं नियुद्धं देवासुराणामिव तत्र आसीत् ॥८॥ 58. तज्जन्य-भूमेरिदमन्तरालं पतज्ज्वलज्जयोतिरिव व्यरोचत् । निस्त्रिश-वाणावलि-कुन्त-शक्ति- प्रासादिभिस्तत्र दिवापि तून ॥१०॥ दलेलखानो रण-रग-धीर- स्तं मावसि हो युधि संजघान । स चावधीत्तं समरेऽपि देवा- सुरेन्द्र-लोकं प्रतिजग्मतुस्तौ ॥११॥ 59 2 I. Personal struggle or close fight चासौत् ? otherwise, the metre becomes defective. 3 The form may either be व्यरीचत ( लड्) or व्यरुचत् (लुड.)। In either case, the metre remains defective 4 It is a kind of weapon See AmarK 2, 8, 90, p. 135, also चौरवामिन्'s AmarKU on Amark, op cit , SasK_v. 682 p, 60, KalpDK. V. 282, p, 120 , AnekSamg v 759, p 107 5 लून? Otherwise it carries no sense. 6. रावसि ह ?

·Devakumārikā 21 60. 61. स चित्रकूटाधिपतेर्बलौघ- स्तद् यावनं सैन्यमपि व्यजैषीत् । निशीथिनी-सम्भवमन्धकार सूय-शु-सन्दोह इवोदिताभः ॥१२॥ वन्दोभिवोदय जय-श्रियं ते म्लेच्छाधिपेभ्योऽथ नृपस्य योधाः । न्यवर्तयन्ताऽऽशु' रण-प्रदेशाद् उद्धृत्य सर्व शिबिरादिकं यत् ॥१३॥ जय-श्रिया संवृत-सुन्दराङ्गा अनौनमन्' भूपमिहेत्य वीराः । नृपोऽपि सुप्रीतमनास्तदानों यथाह-सम्भावनयाऽग्रहीत्तान् ॥१४॥ ततो निष्कण्टका पृथ्वीमशासीत् पृथिवीश्वरः । संग्रामसि हो विहरन् खेच्छया मुदितो युवा ॥१५॥ 62. 63. 2 1. व्यजेष्ट ? न्यवर्तयन्त has for its object जय-थिय । It should have been really न्यवर्तन्त । 3. अनौनमन् has श्रिया as its प्रयोज्य कर्ता Really it should have been अनसिषु । 4. इह एत्य, एत्या+इत्य, to श्रीमाडीश्च and अन्तादिवञ्च- SidKaum-20 and 21. 5. अशिषत् ? acc ·22 Sanskrit Poetesses 64 65 या क्षत्रियाणा किल शस्त्र-विद्या ह्यशिच्यतासौ सकलाऽपि तेन । मुक्तः शरस्तेन विवष्य वेगात् स्थितिं लभेदेव न कुञ्जरेऽपि ॥१६॥ विश्वम्भरोऽपि स्वयमेव तावत् संग्रामसिहेऽवनि-पाल-मुख्य । तस्मिंस्तु विश्वम्भरण-क्षमत्व निधाय लक्ष्ममा सुखमेव भुड तो ॥१७॥ नृपस्य मन्त्री च विदा वरिष्ठो विहारिदासी नितरां सुधर्मा । कायेन वाचा मनसापि गोपी- नाथ समन्वास्त इहावतीर्णः ॥१८॥ 66. 67 विहारिदासे वर-मन्त्रि-मुख्ये सर्वाधिकारेषु नियुज्यमाने । विशोपका (१) विंशतिरेव लेख्या धर्मस्य सत्यस्य च शास्त्रविद्भिः ॥१८॥ I. लभेत् should be लभेत , लभेतैव ? 2. The form is grammatically wrong. 3. These probably refer to the inscriptions circulated for the welfare of the subjects along with the sanction of the specialists.

·Devakumārikā 23 68. 69 १ तस्यैवानुमतोऽदत्त नृपो दानानि कानि च । पर्जन्य इव सस्येभ्यो हिजभ्य ऋभु-नोदितः ॥२०॥ "सदानुकूले ति किरात-पद्य- मस्मिन् हये सार्थकतामवाप्तम् । संग्रामसिंह नृपती वरिष्ठे विहारिदासे वर-मन्त्रि-मुख्ये ॥२१॥ संग्रामसिंह-प्रभुणा कथं कल्प-द्रुमः समः। वाञ्छितार्थ-प्रदो ोष इष्टार्थाधिकदो नृपः ॥२२॥ वर-नर-पति-सेविताति-पद्मः सकल-सुखैक-निधिः प्रतापशाली। अमर-तनुज एष राज-राजो हरिरिव शास्तु बुधार्चितः पृथिव्याम् ॥२३॥ 70. 71. 5 -- - इति श्रीदेवकुमारिका-नाम-राज-माट-कृत-वैद्यनाथ-प्रासाद- प्रशस्ती महाराणा-श्रीस ग्रामसिह-पट्टाभिषेकादिर्नाम द्वितीय-प्रकरणम् । I. M अनुष्टुप् । 2. सदानुकूनेषु हि कुर्वते रति नृपेष्वमात्येषु च सर्व-सम्पद , Kirat, canto I. 3 M. अनुष्टुप। 4. जनान् इति शेष । 5. M पुष्पिताया।

·अथ तृतीय-प्रकरणम् 72 दाक्षिणात्य इह मन्त्र-शास्त्रविद् दक्षिणादि-पद-मूर्ति-नामभृत् । यो हिजाति-वर-मण्डलो-वृतो भाति भर्ग! इव पार्षदावृतः ॥१॥ 78 ग्राम-वस्त्र-वर-भूषणादिभि- स्तं सदा वरमसावपूपुजत् । चित्रकूट-पतिरेव स विजं देव-वन्दामिव पाद-शासन: ॥२॥ 74. वैद्यो वागभट सुश्रुता त्रि-रचित-ग्रन्यादि-पारङ्गमी यो लोकेष्विह मङ्गलं वितनुते नानाऽप्यसौ मङ्गलः । तस्मै क्षीर-समुद्र-लब्ध-जनुषा तुख्या लसद-बुद्धये भूपो ग्राम-वरेण-कार्मण-विधि संग्रामसिहोऽकरोत् ॥३॥ I 1 e. शिव। 1 e. surrounded with his associates, viz , the gras 3. M. रथीद्धता। 2 - 1 e like ब्रहस्पति । 5. पाकशासन ? M. रथोड़ता। 6. The author of अष्टा-हृदय-सहिता and रस-रव-समुच्चय । 7. The author of सुश्रुत-संहिता। 8 तुल्याय सदबुद्धये । M. शार्दूल-विक्रौडित ।

·Devakumārikā 25 8 75. संवत्-खादि-मुनीन्दुभिः परियुतेऽब्दे शम्भु-सूनोस्तिथी' शुक्र मासि सिते ऽतिपण्डितवरः शास्त्रार्थ-पारङ्गमः । काशीस्थोऽतितरा सुधीदिनकरस्तस्मै हिरण्याख-युग- ग्राम विप्र-वराय यो तृप-वरः संग्रामसि हो ह्यदात् ॥४॥ 76 स्वच्छोद्ग्राह-करः सुपण्डित-वरी न्यायाब्धि-मन्याचलो योऽसौ भूमि-भुजां गुणैरतितरां सम्मान-पात्रं सताम् । तस्म भूमि-सुरेश्वराय च सुखानन्दाह्व-भट्टाय सद्- ग्राम कीर्ति-समुज्ज्वलो नृप-वरः संग्रामसि होऽददात् ॥५॥ I The sfęs may either be 7 or 8 For 7, see MatP, chap. 75 "महेन्द्री मलय सह्य शक्तिमातृक्षमानपि । विष्यश्च पारिपावश्च इत्य ते कुल पर्वता ॥" For 8, cp MohM , “अष्ट-कुलाचल-सप्त-समुद्रा ब्रह्म-पुरन्दर दिनकर-रुद्रा" | etc Here we accept 8 as the right figure as that would agree with the date that History gives us As संग्रामसिह was coronated in 1816, an incident that is mentioned at the beginning of chap II of this book, the subject mentioned in the third chapter could historically take place after 1816. ख%D0, अट्रि=8, मुनि=7, इन्दु=I The year is 1780 of the स्वत् era 1724-25 A D in accordance with the dictum अज्ञस्य वामा गति । 3. 1 e the तिथि of गणेश, the 4th day of the white moon. 4 1 e ज्येष्ठ , cp AmarK, "ज्य ठे शुक्र", I 316, P 22. 5. On Friday, cp "सित-शनि-कुन जौवार्कास्त इन्दु राणा", etc 6. M शार्दूल विक्रीडित। 7. M शार्दूल विक्रीडित। 2 . 1 e .

·26 Sanskrit Poetesses 77. वाजपेय-मुख-यज्ञ-णतिने पुण्डरौक इति नाम बिनते। ग्राममेव सित-वाजि-सयुतं चन्द्र-पर्वणि समार्पयत् प्रभुः ॥६॥ 1. For the 917-19 sacrifice, see Kath Samh, XIV, Mait- Samh, I, II, VajSamh, IX, 20, TaitSamh, I, 7, Tait- Brah, 1, 37, SataBrah, V, 2 1, ApasSS, XVIII, Baudhss, XI, Manss, VII, Katss, XIV, AsvSS, IX, Sankss, XVI , Latss, V, 12, Vaits, XXVII. It is of interest to note that some texts place the 919 above the T15 and advocate for at the paramount lordship, while by the latter mere kingship is conferred But other texts take the 419-99 to confer paramount lordship and the 3157-89 universal sovereignty, like that of acu , Tait Brah, II, 7, SataBrah, V. I However, there are reasons to believe that the 41992 was performed by the king before the them and by the ब्राह्मण before the बृहस्पति-सव AsvSS, 1x 9 19 For the gefa 4, see Jaim Brah , 11, 128-30, PancBrah., xvii, II, TaitBrah , 11 7 1, KathSamh, xvii, 7 , BaudhSS, XV111 I 2. Some word meaning Fifty is meant here 3. The gift of white horses in itself counts for high religious merit. It is one of the Aet i e. great gifts. See feare's 279-7f1, p. 19. For the gift of lands, see p. 51, op. cit. See also ffael77-#4950-tard's gra-fan-atget, heter's दान-सग्रह, भगवन्त-भास्कर's दान-मयूख and the दान-खण्ड of the चतुर्वर्गfare info of file for details 4. During the lunar eclipse 5. M. Töreni ·Devakumārikā 27 78. 3 राजतीनाञ्च मुद्राणामयुतं चन्द्र-पर्वणिः । पुण्डरीकाय यज्ञार्थमदात् संग्राम-भूपतिः ॥७॥ अथागमत् कैश्चिदहोभिरासीत् पुवीत म/दय-नाम पर्व। 79 " 1. For the gifts on this occasion, cp. Devala as quoted in the TithT. (तिथितत्व ) by रघुनन्दन, p 152, "राहु-दर्शन-सक्रान्ति-विवाहात्यय-वचिषु । स्नान-दानादिकं कुर्युनिशि काम्य-व्रतेषु च" cp also ggagg. "ग्रहणीहाह-सक्रान्ति-यात्रादौ प्रसवेषु च । दान न मित्तिक ज्ञेय रावावपि वदिष्यते", as quoted in the DanD The gift of silver counts for immense religious merit, cp. DanKK., P 8. यज्ञार्थम् here means the sacrifice to be performed for the good of the aw himself, not of the king The king makes the gift to help the miru in his performance. 3. M.नीक। 4 अगमत् goes with पर्व , and प्रासीत् with the second part of the verse, the subject being नरेन्द्र । The use of प्रासीत् in the Ist line involves दूरान्वय दोष । 5. पविवम् ? 6. Cp. PasNA, as quoted in the Tith T. "मार्क -पान-श्रवणैर्युता चेत् पौष-माघयो । अर्धादयः स विज्ञ यः कोटि-सूर्य-ग्रहै सम ॥" 2 .

·28 Sanskrit Poetesses 80. दानोदकोत्सर्ग'-मना नरेन्द्रो धर्मात्यये मेघ इवाधिक-श्रीः ॥८॥ अथो महादेव-परेक-चित्तो देवाभिरामो भुवि ट्रेवरामः। हिजाग्रणी: पुण्यबलस्तदानों तुलातिरुद्रौ विधिना कषोष्ट ॥2॥4 I - In the अर्बोदय, rifts count for much religious merit , cp the SkanP, "अर्धादये तु सप्राप्त सर्व गङ्गा सम जलम् । शुद्धात्मानी हिजा सर्वे भवेयुर्ब्रह्य-सम्मिता । यत् किञ्चित क्रियते दान तहान सेतु-सन्निभम् ॥" The gift of mountainous heaps of sesamum on this occasion is specially prescribed , see DanC of fearfit, p 62 Every gift is to be accompanied with the offerings of water , so here crate ilqat means a large number of gifts. For such "पदार्थे वाक्य-रचनम्", cp. KavP , अष्टम उल्लास, p 425. BhatK, canto I 3 i e. general See fearet's Danc, f 5, 10 f for details for the prayoga, see f I2 ff 4 estar ate is the watches form of, it does not make any proper sense here , for the uses of aircie, see Ast., 3. 3. 173 , SidKaum , 2195, KatS, आख्यात 15, MugB., सूत्र 960, p. 693. . - 2 . .

·Devakumārikā 29 81. हिजाय सत्-पात्र-वराय देव- रामाय तस्म नर-वाह्य-यानम् । ग्राम हनूमंतिय-नाम-भाज संग्रामसिहश्च समार्पयत् सः ॥१०॥ 82. ब्रह्म-ज्योतिर्विवर्तस्य गुण: सर्वोऽप्यशेषतः । देवरामस्य विप्रवक्तं केनेह शक्यते ॥११॥ 88. ज्योतिः-शास्त्र-विदा वरः सुमतिमा स्तत्त्वार्थवित् कोविदः शिष्याणा प्रतिपाठनेऽतिचतुरो भूभृत्-सभा-भूषणम् । तम पात्र-वराय भट्ट-कमलाकान्ताय चार्धोदये ग्रामं यस्तिल-पर्वतादि-सहितं संग्रामसिहोऽटदात् ॥१२॥ 84. मोरडी-सजया ग्रामं विश्रुतं विश्व-मण्डले । कमलाकान्त-भट्टाय संग्रामेशोऽददात् प्रभुः ॥१३॥ 6 1. 2 1 e the gift of a palanquin For its प्रयोग, see दिवाकर's Danc p 24 , DanKK p 66, “शिविकाया प्रदानेन वह्निष्टोम फल लभेत." M अनुष्टुप । 3 Grammatically wrong The word should be either सुमति or मतिमान् , cp. बामन's KavAlam., न कर्म धारयान्मत्वर्थीयो बहुव्रीहि- दर्थ प्रतिपत्ति-कर"। 4. One of the six principal daties of the ब्राह्मण, cp ManDS. 5 This is specially enjoined in the treatises on 7a7, see ढिवाकर's Danc under the heading “अधों दये तिल-पर्वत-दानम्"। For the general offering of the sesamum, see op cit. under the heading "तिलाचन-दानम्"। 6 M शार्दूल-विक्रीडित। 7 M अनुष्टुप ।

·30 Sanskrit Poetesses 85. हेम हस्ति-रथ-दानमाहतो दीप्तिमानवनि-पाकशासनः । बन्धुरोडुर-समिद्द-सिन्धुरा- नेक-लिङ्ग-शिव-तुष्टयेऽददात् ॥१४॥ श्रीमत्-सग्राम-नृपतिर्जीयात् स शरदां शतम् । पात्राय प्रत्यहं दत्ते हेम-मुद्रा-युताञ्च गाम् ॥१५॥ 86.. इति-श्रीवैद्यनाथ-प्रासाद-प्रशस्तौ दान- प्रसा-प्रकरणम् ॥३॥ I DanKK , p 5I , Danc , p 5I. 2. Danc, p 22, DanKh., Dans. 3 Not specially enjoined in the treatises on gifts. 4. M रथोड़ता। 5. For गो-दान, see Danc, p. 43f , DanKK, p. 53 6. M. अनुष्टुप ।

·अथ चतुर्थ-प्रकरणम् । 87 88 89. संग्रामसिंह-जननी चाहुवाणान्वयोद्भवा । पितुवंशोद्भवस्ता अत: परमिहोच्यते ॥१॥ थुरा महास्तक्षक-नागराज उत्तङ्ग-नाम्नः किल कर्ण-भूषाम् । हृत्वाऽगमद भूतलमेव सद्यो मुनिस्ततश्चातितरां चुकोप ॥२॥ काष्ठ गृहीत्वाथ खनन्तमुच्च- मुनिं विलोक्याथ सुराधिराजः । हिजे कपा-बद्द-मना दयालु- वच मुमोचाथ धरा-विदारि ॥३॥ तेनैव मार्गेण च लब्ध-भूषो हिजः परं तुष्ट-मना बभूव । तद्-गर्त-पूत्यै तु वशिष्ठ-नामा यत्नच लोके कृपयाऽन्वतिष्ठत् ॥४॥ हिमालयं याचितवान् मुनीन्द्र- स्तद-गत-पूत्यै स तमेकमेव। 90. 91. I. M. अनुष्टुप । M. उपजाति, combination of इन्द्रवजा and उपेन्द्रवजा। 2 ·32 Sanskrit Poetesses 92 दत्तेन तेनादि-वरण गर्त- पूर्ति विधायाहित-छत्य' आसीत् ॥५॥ भुवोऽथ रक्षार्थमनल्प-बुद्धि- मंख दधौ वीर-वरस्य लिप्मुः । हवौषि तस्मिन्नजुहोत् सुमन्त्र- रमोध-सिद्धार्थ-करवशिष्ठः ॥६॥ तस्मादकम्मादथ वह्नि-कुण्डात् कतान्त-तुण्डादिव चण्ड-रूपः। दोष्णश्च बिनचतुरोऽवतीण: ख्यातोऽत्र तस्माद् भुवि चाहुवाण: ॥७॥ स चाहुवाणः प्रथितोऽत्र नाम धरामरक्षच चतुरङ्ग-संज्ञः । 93. 94 123 - 1. He had his duty performed According to the KatPar, वौरवरस्य 1s here सम्बन्ध षष्ठी, see सूत्र 64, pp 293-94, cp सत्यानुरक्ता नरकस्य जिष्णव , SisV., According to पासिनि 2 3 69 and SidKau, 627 न लीकाव्यय-निष्ठा-खलर्थ-टणाम", the षष्ठो here cannot be कर्मणि षष्ठी, because लिप्स, has the termination उक। Cp MugB , सूत्र 335, p 2461 This is to be supported as an instance of faagiat usti 3 अर्थ here means necessity, सिद्धिरेव अर्थ , तत्-करै । 4. Earlier name चाहुमाण । Contracted form चौहान। Cp. this legend with the popular one given in the चाद राइसा or पृथ्वीराज राइसा and other late documents. .

·Devakumārıkā 33 95. यो-सङ्गरे यत्र वरऽथ राजा श्रियं दधे वीर-वरवंतः सन् ॥८॥ तदन्वयात् क्षीर-महार्णवादिव : क्षपाधिनाथोऽभ्युदियाय भूमौ। संग्राम-रावः खलु भूरि-तेजाः स चित्रकूटाधिपमन्वगाच्च ॥८॥ तं चित्र-कूटाधिपतिः (१) समोच्य योद्धारमुबद्ध-बल-प्रभावम् । प्रस्थापि राज्ञा बहु-मान-पूर्व स चाहुवाणान्वय-वंश-दीपः ॥१०॥ 96. 97. तत्-सूनुरुग्रः परम-प्रतापी प्रताप-रावो रव-रुग्ण -शत्रुः । I In the fight for wealth. 2. Metre defective , the पाद consists of I2 syllables. 3. 1. e , he followed सग्रामसिह of Mewar See प्रकरण 11. V.7. 4. बल means here physical force as distinguished from प्रभाव, royal prowess , cp स प्रभाव प्रतापश्च यचेन कोश-दण्डजम्, Amark., II.8.20, p. 125 5 रुजी भन , see SidKaum , तुदादि-गण, I4I7, p. 412 कगण, therefore, means #4, vanquished er defeated 3 ·34 Sanskrit Poetesses 98. चातुर्य-वित्तैक-निकेतनं यः मुनीति-नैपुण्य-विधिविधिज्ञः ॥११॥ स राव-राव: प्रसमिद्ध-तेजा लेभेऽथ पुत्र बलभद्र-राज्ञः । वष्याग्रजान्यून-बलव-ईतो- स्तेनाप्यवाता' बलभद्र-संज्ञा ॥१२॥ तदात्म-जन्मा किल रामचन्द्रः श्रीराम-पादाम्ब ज-चित्त-वृत्तिः । धुर्यो महा-वीर-तत्व-भाजा पुण्याधि-चित्तक-रुचिर्बभूव ॥१३॥ 99. १ . 1. पाव , भाजन , निकेतन , etc , are अनहल्लिङ्ग words , but sometimes these words change their genders "ौपचारिका क्वचित् स्व-लिङ्ग जहति," , cp. गुणवत्य पाय-निलये in मुद्रा-राक्षस, प्रस्तावना। 2. नौनिश्च नैपुण्यञ्च, नौति-नैपुण्ये, तयोविधि., शोभनी नौति-न पुण्य-विधिर्यस्य स । निधि? 3. रावेषु राव । 4. सज्ञ ? 5. अपि is redundant here It is used for the sake of पाद पूरण। 6. अम्बजे चित्त-वत्तिर्यस्य स , व्यधिकरण-बहुव्रीहि। But the व्यधिकरण बहुव्रीहि other than those that end in जन्म, etc., ( जन्माधु चर-पद, e.g. शर-जन्मा) have no grammatical support , cp वामन' काव्यालङ्कार-सूत्र, "अवज्यों बहुव्रीहिर्नन्माद्य त्तर-पद ।" 7. The sense is clear but the language is defective.

·Devakumārikā 35 100 101, तस्यात्मजः सबल-सिह इतोरिताहो' धाम श्रियाच यशसाञ्च महा-गुणानाम् । यः साम-दान-विधि-भेद-विनिग्रहाणा सम्यङ्-नियोग-विधिवित् प्रबलो बभूव ॥१४॥ तस्यात्मजोऽभूत् सुलतान-सिंहः स्थान तदीयं विधिवत् प्रशास्ति । अर्धोदये रूप्य-तुलादि-दाना- वलिवितेने विधिनाऽथ ते[न] ॥१५॥ तस्माद् गुणाब्धेः सबलाभिधानाद रमेव साक्षादुदिताऽभवद् या। पितु हे वर्धत सद्-गुणोध- म्निा युता 'देव-कुमारिकेति ॥१६॥ पिनाऽथ दत्ता सबलेन राजा वराय योग्यामरसिंह-नाम्ने । 102. 103. 2. I. ईरित means कथित, described, designated , आह्वा name, so ईरिता means one who is called ( सबलसिह)। For these technical terms relating to politics, see AmarK , 11 8 21, p. 125 , MatP , राज-धर्म , chap. 196 3. For the अर्धोदय-योग, see footnote 6, p. 27. 4 The prose-order is सद-गुणौध र्यता देवकुमारिकेति नाम्ना पितु { हेऽवर्षत।

·36 Sanskrit Poetesses भीमेण कृष्णाय महोग्र-धाम्ने धामाभिरामा किल रुक्मिणीव ॥१७॥ 104. ततोऽग्र-राजी जयसिह-सूनो- र्जाता महा-पुण्य-पवित्र-मूर्तिः। रमेव साक्षान्मकरध्वजात संग्राम-सिंहं सुतमाप दीप्रम् ॥१८॥ 105. वैकुण्ठ-लोकं श्रयति प्रजेश भूपाधिनाथेऽमरसिंह राजि । तदात्मजः शक्र इवाथ पृथीं दिवं दिनेश-प्रतिमः प्रशास्ति ॥१८॥ 106. माता तदीयाथ विचार्य चित्ते धर्मार्थ-बुद्धिं विदधाति नित्यम् । उत्कर्षमापादयति क्षणेन धर्मी जनैराचरितो हि सम्यक् ॥२०॥ I For details, see पद्म-पुराण, उत्तर खण्ड, chap.67, “विदर्भ राजी धर्मात्मा", etc , BhagP, 10 54 35 , Contri of W to S. L., vol VII, pp.42-43. अमरसिह-राजे? 3 Also entti Here ent , refer to AmarK. 4. The only अर्थान्तर-न्यास अलङ्कार in the whole book. 2 ·Devakumārikā 37 107. तुला-त्रयं राजतमुविधाय दानान्यनेकानि च सद्-व्रतानि । शिवालयस्योद्धरणाय बुद्धि- दधे तया तोर्थ-वरस्य सिद्धेः ॥२१॥ पूर्वी तुला साऽमरसिह-भतु- निदेशतोऽधत्त मुदैव राजी। तया दिजालिः []थिवीव वृष्टया पुष्टाऽभवत् तुष्ट मना नितान्तम् ॥२२॥ 108. 3 , 2 I. For तुला-दान, see Danc of दिवाकर, f 5f , for the प्रयोग, see op cit , f I2f See also दान खण्ड of चतुवर्ग-चिन्तामणि, दान-क्रिया कौमुदी of गोविन्दानन्द, etc सिद्ध तीर्थवरस्य शिवालयस्य 1 e. the temple of शिव, the principal means of salvation 3 The woman has every right to offer sacrifices But whereas the maiden (see the prayoga of the the sacrifices as followed by the white Yajurvedic schools, Satss, vol V., p 238, ll I-2 , cp. ApSS, xx 15, vol III, p 159 , Rāmā., वेदवतौ's penances and ascetic vows, etc , 7th book, sarga J7, KalkiP, I8) and the ब्रह्म-वादिनी (SamsRM, vol. I, p 165, 1 6) can offer sacrifices in their own exclusive personal rights, the wife cannot do so The husband and the wife are mutually dependent in sacrificial matters See in this connection, qifufa, 4 I 33, KatSS, 130, Chow ed, p 47 (even after the death of the wife, the husband must have her substitute), 31 8, I 725, I 833, I I31 3. v 43 15. Vill. 31 , MaatSamh, I 4.3 (p. 51,4), cp I48 (p 56, Io), 8 (P 56, 10), KathSamh., 54 (p 46) , TaitBrah, 375 II, ApSS, 3 9. 10, vol. I, p. 159, . RV, V111 ·38 Sanskrit Poetesses 109 110. तुला द्वितीयापि तया व्यधायि श्री-एक-लिङ्गेश्वर-सन्निधान । ग्रहे। विधोश्चन्द्र-कुमारिकाख्या सुतां च पौत्र' विधिवविधार्य ॥२३॥ तुला रतीयां विधिना व्यकार्षीत् संग्राम-सिंहस्य नृपस्य माता। अर्धोदये पर्वणि चान्य-दानैः सहैव सा देव-कुमारिक यम् ॥२४॥ ईशो हि कान्त्यारमतीति हेतोः श्रीशारम-ग्राम-वरो य ास्त । शिव-स्थिति वन विलोक्य देव्या प्रासाद-सिद्धार्थमकारि बुद्धिः ॥२५॥ 111. . on the - - - ManSS, I 355, KatSS, 20 8 24--27, p.981, Weber's ed., Man- DS., 1x. 96, BaudhDS , 17.15 Io and Govinda's comm same, GautDS, 177 and vul 16, NarDS, xil 40, ManDS, III. 30, Yajns, I 60 , Haradatta on AsvGS , p. 21, sutra 15, Triv ed, UnavSamh , p. 65 , Visnu, cp xxv, 2 (the wife should observe the same vows as her husband), Manu (v 66, p 208, NSP. ed), Visnu (xxv. 15, UnavSamh , p 66) and Brhad- DhP (p. 317, v 8 the wife should not perform sacrifices, observe vows and fast separately ) 1.2 ग्रहणे। 2. चन्द्रकुमारिका was, therefore, the sister of सग्रामसि ह । 3. Probably, the son of सग्रामसिह । 4. परवा पद, acc. to the rule "व्याङ परिभ्यो रम १श" 1. .

·Devakumārikā 39 112. 113. सुदृश्य-सर्वात-रूप-राशिः शिव-स्थिति-प्रोशित-कल्मषौधः । सुवर्ण-शृङ्गी प्रततादभुत-श्रीः प्रासाद ईशाद्रिरिवाऽऽवभासे ॥२६॥ रायोप-नामा किल भू-सुरेशो यः श्रीनिवासः शुभ-धर्म-धाम । तत् पुण्य-कर्माणि कविः कथञ्चित् संख्या विधातुं निपुणोऽपि नेष्टे ॥२७॥ तं ज्ञाति-वर्गापित-सद्-टुकूल- पानादिकं रायमिहोग्र-बुद्धिः । शिवालयस्योद्भव-कर्म-सिद्धी सा श्रीनिवासं कुशलं न्ययुता ॥२८॥ तत्र खादूदकं कुण्ड व्यत्त रावलात्मजा। धर्म-कर्मार्थ-सिद्धार्थं जनानाञ्च सुखाप्तये ॥२८॥ 114. 115. इति देवकुमारिका-नाम-राज-माट-कृत-वैद्यनाथ-प्रासाद- प्रशस्तौ चाहुवाणोद्भव-प्रकरणं चतुर्थम् ॥ I. 1.e. like कैलास। 2. The poetess means Huy here Supply rafman as the verb governing the object कर्माणि । 3. अनुष्टुप । M.

·अथ पञ्चम-प्रकरणम् । 116. 117. अथ प्रतिष्ठा विधिवद् व्यकार्षी- च्छुभ मुहूर्ते सति राज-माता । आइय रावांश्च पुरोहितादी- स्तान् भूमि-गीर्वाण-वरान् सुविद्यान् ॥१॥ तस्यास्ति मन्त्री हरजीति-नामा गुणाधिकः पुण्य-भृतां वरिष्ठः । यः सर्व-कार्याणि निदेश-मात्रात् सदा करोत्येव सुबुद्धि-राशि: ॥२॥ प्रमाभिधा कापि च राज-मातु- विखास-पात्रं परिचारिकाऽभूत्। तस्याः सुतो बुद्धि-बलैक-सिन्धु- ौर्य ऊदाभिधयाऽभ्यधायि ॥३॥ 118. 2 I ie the Princes of the ya family, being the maternal side of the ruling राणा संग्रामसि ह । 1ne प्रसिद्धान्। The omission of यत् according to the dictum, "प्रक्रान्त-प्रसिद्धानुभूतार्थस्तच्छब्दी यदुपादान नापेचते।" 3 1.e ब्राह्मण। 4 तस्यास्तु? तस्य, as it stands, may refer to FatAfEE acc to the doctrine mentioned in note 2 above. 5. This is an अजहल्लिङ्ग word.

·Devakumārikā 41 119. 120 121 अदाभिधं बुद्धिमतां वरिष्ठ तदह-वस्तु-प्रतिपादनेषु। समादिशत् सर्व-गुणोपपन्नम् उदार-चित्ता जननी नृपस्य ॥४॥ अदाभिधानोऽतितराञ्च दक्ष- स्तत्-कर्म-सिद्धौ कुशलस्तरखी। पुञ्जीकतान् वस्तु-चयान् समग्रान् बुधयाचिनोत् राव -हितार्थ-बुद्धिः ॥५॥ यज्ञान-सामग्रा-विधि व्यधत्त पुरोहितः श्री-मुखराम-संज्ञः। संग्राम-सिंहस्य यथैव जिष्णो- मही-महेन्द्रस्य गुरुगुरुयः ॥६॥ विचार्य तेनाथ पुरोहितेन वृता हिजास्तत्र विशिष्ट-कल्याः। वि-जाति-सङ्घः खलु सर्व-वेद- पारायण चात्र समध्यगोष्ट ॥७॥ वेद-ध्वनि: सोऽप्यथ तूर्य-नादैः संवर्धितोऽशोभत दिग्विदिक्षु । 122 123. I. 1e प्रतिष्ठा। 2. By enhancing the reputation of the ta princess, he helped the cause of the राव family as it were Vr सर्व । 3 1e. the complete text, see AmarK, III 2.2, p. 183. - ·42 Sanskrit Poetesses केका-रवः सु-खन जर्जिताङ्गो घनाघनस्य स्तिनिरिवह ॥८॥ 124 125. हव्य हुतश्चातितरां स-मन्त्र : सौहित्य-भाजस्तु मुरा अभूवन् । भोज्यरनेकै रचितेश्चतुर्धा वर्णाश्रमा भूमि-गता इवान ॥2॥ अथाभ्यगच्छत् किल राज-माता वेदी च तत्-कम-विधि विधित्सुः । पुरोहितस्यानुमतेन दान- धरा-सुराणामपि तर्पणाय ॥१०॥ तुला चतुर्थीमपि तत्र देवी चरोकरोति स्म विधि-प्रयुक्ताम् । एकीकत: पुण्य-यश:-समूहः स रूप्य-राशिस्तुलितो विभाति ॥११॥ 126. I. 1,e. of rainy cloud This is the यड लुक form of the root कृ, see DhatRKD , p 529, cp. Ast, 2474 and SidKau 2050, यङोऽचि च , also Ast., 7.491 and SidKau , 2652, 'रुनिकौ च लुकि' and Ast. 7492 and SidKau 2653, ऋवश्च । Acc. to SidKau, the following forms of fi are available in the यह लुक-चर्करोति, चर्कर्ति, चरिकर्ति, चरोकत but चरीकरीति Is not given by भोजि। .

·Devakumārikā 43 127. 128. 129. 130. वाराणसोस्थोऽप्यथ चेरु-भट्टः सु-पण्डित: पात्र-वरस्तपस्खो । सौ गजी ग्राम-वरश्च दत्तः सद्दक्षिणा-संयुत-मान-पूर्वम् ॥१२॥ रथाख-नर-यानादि-भू-हिरण्यादिकं बहु। अदाद् द्विजेभ्यः पात्रेभ्यो राज्ञी शङ्कर-तुष्टये ॥१३॥1 शब्दः संश्रूयते तत्र दोयता भुज्यतामिति। दीनानाथादयोऽप्यन मोदर स्तुष्टमानसाः ॥१४॥2 प्रासाद वैवाह्य-विधि दिदृक्षुः कोटाधियो भौम-नृपोऽभ्यगच्छत् । रथाश्व-पत्ति'-हिप-नव-सैन्यो- दिल्लीप-सम्मानित-बाहु-वीयः ॥१५॥ यो डंगराख्यस्य पुरस्य नाथो दिक्षया रावल-रामसिंहः । सोऽप्यागमतत्र समग्र-सैन्यो देशान्तरस्था अपि चान्य-भूपाः ॥१६॥ देवालयाद् योजन-भूमिरेषा नृपर्जन : सङ्घवती तथासीत् । 131. 132. I. M. अनुष्टुप । M. अनुटुप । 2 3. 1. पदाति ।

·44 Sanskrit Poetesses 133. 134 यथा समुच्चालित-मुष्ट योऽपि तिलास्तलं नेयुरहो धरण्याः ॥१८॥ संवद-भुजाब्धि-मुनि-चन्द्र-"युताब्द-माधे शुक्ल विशाख-तिथि-युग-गुरु-वासरे च । श्री-वैद्यनाथ-शिव-सम-भवा प्रतिष्ठा देवी चकार किल देव-कुमारिकाख्या ॥१८॥ [अष्टक by हरिश्चन्द्र।] शेष-नाग-मणि-सुप्रभावली- भूषितोद्धृत-जटा-कलापकः । कोटि-सूर्य-सम-भा-समन्वितो वैद्यनाथ इह भूतयेऽस्तु नः ॥१८॥ सेतुरेव च गुण-त्रयस्य यः सिद्धिदः स्व-भजनाह-चेतसाम् । शैलजा-रुचि-विभूषिताधक वैद्यनाथमभितो नमाम्यहम् ॥२०॥ 6 135. 2 Cp. the Bengali proverb meaning 'न स्थान तिल-धारणे' । 1 e Samvat year 1772, A D 1716 3. कार्तिकेय-तिथि 1 e षष्ठी तिथि। 4 M वसन्त-तिलक। The वैद्यनाथ-प्रासाद-प्रशस्ति of देवकुमारिका ends here. 5. M. रथीड़ता। The following seven verses also are in the same metre. 6. In whom the three qualities find harmony. 7. Cp. नम. पुरस्तादथ पृष्ठतस्त, BhagG., II.

·Devakumārıkā 45 136 विष्टप-त्रितय-वन्दि तेन वा वाङ्मनोऽतिग-महात्मा-गोभिना। सौख्यदेन च युनक्तु मन्मनो वैद्य-नाथ-चरणाम्बुजेन तु ॥२१॥ ३ 137. संसृतेर्भय-हराय सेवनात् वाम्बकाय मदनान्तकाय च। शीत-दीधिति-लसत्-किरीटिने वैद्यनाथ गिरिशाय ते नमः ॥२२॥ 188 वेद-गीत-महिमोहतादिभो- भूति-भूषित-तनोमहेशितुः । ब्रह्मणः परम-तत्त्वमस्ति नो वैद्यनाथ-गिरिशादतः परम् ॥२३॥ 139. वेद-मन्त्र-विधिवत्-सपर्यया पूजितस्य विबुधैरहनिशम् । भक्तिरस्तु सकलाघ-हारिणी वैद्यनाथ-परमेश्वरस्य मे ॥२४॥ 1. It should be वाङ्-मनसः । 2. महत्त्व? For the sake of metre, माहात्मा has been used as महात्मा and 'वाड-मनस' as 'वाड-मन'। 3. द्यनाथ कर्ता understood, ·46 Sanskrit Poetesses 140 अष्ट-सिद्दिा-परिचारिकाढते नाम-मान-जपता तु सिद्धिदे। बुद्धिरस्तु-विमलाद्य मे सदा वैद्यनाथ उमया विराजिते ॥२५॥ 141. प्राधि-भजन-कपैक-वारिधे राजराज विधि-सेवित प्रभो। मन्मनोऽस्तु तव पाद-पङ्कजे प्रार्थनेति मम वैद्यनाथ भोः ॥२६॥ 142. हरिश्चन्द्र-नामा हि-जन्माऽभ्यभाणोद् इदं वैद्यनाथाष्टकं भक्ति-युक्तः । प्रभाते पठेत् स्तोत्रमेतन्नगे यो मनोवाञ्छितार्थी स सिद्धि लभेत ॥२७॥ इति देवकुमारिका-नाम-राज-माट-कृत-वैद्यनाथ-प्रासाद-प्रशस्तौ प्रतिष्ठा-प्रकरणं पञ्चमम् ॥ [समाप्तेयं प्रशस्तिः] I. "अणिमा लघिमा चैव गरिमा महिमा तथा । प्राप्ति प्राकाम्यमौशित्व वशितञ्चाष्ट सिद्धय ॥" Cp. also "अणिमा लधिमा प्राप्ति प्राकाम्य महिमा तथा। ईशित्व च वशित्व च तथा कामावसायिता॥" 2. जपनातु? 3. 1. e. कुबेर। 4 1 eब्रह्मा। 5. M भुजङ्ग-प्रयात।

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·QUEEN LAKSMĪ सन्तान-गोपाल-काव्यम् । लक्ष्मी-राज्ञया विरचितम् । -- प्रथमः सर्गः। 1. आसोच्छिया विजित-निर्जर-राज-पुर्या कश्चित् पुरा विज-वरः किल कृष्ण-पुर्याम् । सोऽयं स्व-धर्म-निरतः सह धर्म-पत्नया रेमे सुखं हरि-पदाम्ब ज-दत्त-चित्तः ॥११॥ कालेन कश्चन सुतोऽपि च तस्य जातः कालस्य हन्त वशता स तदैव यातः । आदाय तन्मृत-शरीरमुपेत्य शौरिं शोकातुरो बहुतरं विललाप विप्रः ॥२॥ 2 I cp straat git, BhagP 10 89 21, p.760 The metre of all the verses in this canto 1s वसन्त-तिनक except that of the last one which is मालिनी। 2 4 ·50 Sanskrit Poetesses 3 5 . "हाहा हरे । जगदधीश वपाम्बु राशे पादारविन्द-विनतावन-लोलुपात्मन् । पापात्मनो मम सुतोऽयमभूद् गतासुः श्रीवासुदेव सदय परिपालयनम् ॥३॥ रामादयो यदुवराश्च मदीय-चित्त- तापापनोदन-कृते कुरुत प्रसादम् । लोकेऽत्र टुष्करमहो भवता न किञ्चिद् देवाश्च संप्रति निदेश-कृतो यतो वः” ॥४॥ इत्यादि तस्य रुदितं निशमय्य सर्वे कृष्णादयोऽपि च तदा यदु-वश-मुख्याः । तूष्णी स्थिताः किल जने विपरीत-देवे ननं भवन्ति बत साधु-जनाश्च वामाः ॥५॥ दृष्ट्वा तु शिष्ट-परिपालन-नष्ट-भावान् रुष्टो जगाद पुनरप्यवनी-सुरेन्द्रः। "कष्टं प्रजा मम च संप्रति शिष्ट-मार्ग- जुष्टस्य पृष्ट-तृप-धोष्टय-वशात् प्रनष्टाः ॥६॥ क्लिश्यन्ति यत् सुत-धनादि-विनाश-हेतो- विप्रादयोऽपि च परं भुवि वृत्तवन्तः। तस्यात्र पत्युरविवेक-भवं धरित्या दौरात्मामेव हि निदानमुदाहरन्ति ॥७॥ 6 7. 1. धाट ·Lakşmī 51 8. साधारणो न जगतीति भवत्-प्रभावः सवैयंटुच्यत इहायत सत्यमेतत् । यस्मात् स्व-पक्ष-जन-दर्शित-पक्ष-पातः संदृश्यते तदितरेषु न मादृशेषु ॥८॥ पुत्र पुरा यम-पुरात् स्व-गुरोः प्रनष्ट हृत्वापि कृष्ण कलिता किल दक्षिणाऽस्य ॥ आहृत्य कस-निहतानपि षट् कुमारान् मातुः प्रदर्श्य तरसाऽपहृतो विषादः ॥९॥ 9. 1. After finishing their studies with their spiritual preceptor सन्दीपनी, कृष्ण and बलगम wanted to pay him fees The preceptor wanted to get back his son who died in the sea nu and aatre demanded from the sea the son of their preceptor The sea replied that he was devoured by a conch called पञ्चजन, really a demon, that resided inside The demon was consequently killed by and act# who approached Yama for the return of the dead son of the preceptor Then in and at returned him to their preceptor The conch then passed into the possession of कृष्ण and came to be celebrated as पाञ्चजन्य । When facit heard of the above incident, she wanted nu and at to bring back to life her sıx sons who were killed by कस। They approached बलि in the nether regions for their return. They related their past histories to him how they had been the sons of मरीचि by ऊर्णा, had laughed at ब्रह्मा on a certain occasion, had been compelled to be born as sons of हिरण्यकशिपु and how योगमाया had finally caused them to be reborn as sons of देवकी। कृष्ण and वलराम brought them back, to their mother. 2 ·52 Sanskrit Poetesses 10. 11. 12 पैतामहास्व-निहतं गुरु-नन्दनस्य पार्थात्मजात्मजमथापि च गर्भ-संस्थम् । चक्रायुधेन भवता परिरक्ष्य सम्यग् व्यक्तीकतैव निज-मित्र-जनेषु मैत्री ॥१०॥ किं चात्र षोडश-सहस्र-मिता महिथः संप्राप्त-पुत्र-दशका भवतो हि सर्वाः। किं वा वचोभिरधिकरखिलं तदेत- दाम भरित्व-महिमाधिक-जम्भितं ते" ॥११॥ एवं विलप्य सुचिरं यदु-पुंगवाना भावं निरोच्य च तदा विगतानुकूल्यम् । सोऽयं हिजो निज-ग्राहं प्रति सबिवृत्तः शोक नियम्य दयिता-सहितो न्यवात्सीत् ॥१२॥ भूयोऽपि भू-सुर-वरः क्रमशो विनष्टा- नष्टौ तथैव तनयानपि कृष्ण-पाखम् । नोवा पुरव स शुचा विलपन् पुनश्च प्रस्थाय दुःस्थ-हृदयः स्वरहेऽवतस्थे ॥१३॥ अत्रान्तरे स्व-जन-कर्मणि यादवानां प्रोत्यै समेत्य निवसनमरेन्द्र-पुत्रः । 13. 14 I In order to exterminate the line of the पाण्डवs, अश्वत्थामा threw a weapon called ब्रह्मास्त्र at उत्तरा, wife of अभिमना, whereupon she took shelter to fu i He protected the foetus from all harm, ·Laksmi 53 15. "भूप: 16. श्रुत्वा सुतेऽस्य नवमेऽपि मृते विलापं विप्रस्य निःसहमना वचनं बभाषे ॥१४॥ किमत्र नहि भू-सुर-रक्षणाय याग-प्रसता-हृदया यदवो हिजाः किम् । तेऽपि श्वसन्ति बत भस्नुअपमं महीशा ये सन्त्यजन्त्यमु-गणान् न मही-सुराथें ॥१५॥ शोकं त्यज हिज-वरैवमितः परं ते जातो भवेद यदि सुतः सहसाऽहमनम् । नेष्यामि तं यममपि प्रसभं विजित्य जह्या न चेत् सधनुरेव तनुं हुताशे” ॥१६॥ इत्य तु तस्य वचनं निशमय्य जिष्णो- त्यन्त-तुष्ट-हृदयस्तमुवाच विप्रः । "किंवा धनंजय विजल्पसि साप्रतं हा निर्लज्जमेव यदु-राज-सभान्तराले ॥१७॥ कृष्णादिभिश्च भुवन-प्रथित-प्रभावै- रत्यन्त-दुष्करतमेऽत्र कथं प्रभुस्त्वम् । दन्तीन्द्र-मस्तक-विदारण-चण्ड-शौर्यान कण्ठौरवान् समतिगच्छति किं शृगालः ॥१८॥ जन्मान्तरार्जित-शुभाशुभ-कर्म-हेतोः संजातमन भुवि जन्म-भुवां सुखादि । 17. 18. 19. 1. भृतां?

·54 Sanskrit Poetesses 20. 21 कः पौरुषैरिह विलंघयितुं क्षमः स्यात् को वाऽद्य पार्थ तव बाल्य-मदातिरेकः ॥१०॥ इतूपचुषोऽस्य विशयं परिहतमेव निःशेषतो निज-बलं प्रशशंस पार्थः । "मा मा कृथा मयि वृथा पृथिवी-सुरैव शंकां समस्त-जनता-विनुतानुभावे ॥२०॥ कृष्णोऽहमस्मि न च तत्-सहजी न राम: काष्णादयोऽपि च तथा यदु-वंश-मुख्याः । जानीहि मा सुर-वरात्मजमात्म-बाहु- वीर्य-प्रसादित-गिरीश-गृहीत-शस्त्रम् ॥२१॥ भित्त्वा पुरा नृप-वरैरखिलेरभेद्य लच्यं मया घपहृता द्रुपदेन्द्र-पुत्री। गत्वोत्तरा' दिशमशेष-महोखराणां कत्वा पदं च मुकुटेषु करो ग्टहीतः ॥२२॥ सौरायुधादिभिरतार्यतमो नितान्त यादोभिरेष भयदोऽपि च यादवाब्धिः । तीर्णः क्षणेन हृदयाकलितोरुभद्रा- वक्षोज-कभ-युगलेन मया क्षमेण ॥ २३ ॥ 22. 23. . - I. Cp BhP , 10 89 32-33. 2. MahBh , SabhaP chap 25, sl 9-10. दिर्श धनपतेरिष्टामजयत् पाकशासनि. ॥ भीमसेनस्तथा प्राची सहदेवस्तु दक्षिणाम् । प्रतीची नकुली राजन् दिश व्यजयतास्ववित् ॥

·Laksmī 55 24. ताताज्ञया दिवमुपेत्य निहत्य दैत्यान् कौमार-शक्ति-सुख-विश्रम-दान-शौण्डम् । अद्यापि सिद्ध-तरुणी-निवहै: स-मोद संस्तूयते चरितमद्भुतमस्मदीयम् ॥ २४ ॥ 25. वाचा किमद्य मम भारत-संगरे प्राग गागेय-मुख्य-रथिकानखिलान् विजित्य । धात्री समुद्र-रशनाऽपहृता तदेत- नाबावि हन्त भुवि विश्रुतमन सर्वम् ॥ २५ ॥ 26 आखस्यता स्व-सहमेत्य मदीय-वाग्भि- राखास्यता च दयिता पृथिवी-सुरेन्द्र। आसन्न-सूति-समयां तु निवेदयना- मापन-सूनु-हरणे विदितोऽस्तु पार्थः ॥२६॥ 27. निःशंकमेव गदिता गिरमर्जुनस्य विश्वस्य चेतसि भृशं स तु विन-वर्यः । सद्यः समेत्य सदनं ग्रहिणों च सम्य- गाखासयन् कतिपयानि दिनान्यनैषोत् ॥ २७ ॥ 28. काले तु तत्र दयितां परिपूर्ण-सत्वा- मालोक्य भू-सुर-वरेण गृह प्रणीतः । आच्छाद्य तनिलयनं विशिखैमहास्त्र: पार्थः प्रसूति-समयं प्रतिपाल्य तस्थौ ॥ २८ ॥ I Cp BhP , I0 89 35 ·56 Saskrit Poetesses 29. जाते तदा युवति-लोक-विलाप-घोषैः साकं विभिद्य शर-कूटममुक्त-देहे । याते दिवं निज-सुते हिज-सत्तमेन शोकातुरेण जगदे विजयः सरोषम् ॥ २० ॥ 30. "हे फाला नार्जुन पृथा-सुत कृष्णा-बन्धो कुत्रासि शक्र-सुत विक्रम-वारि-राशे। अद्यैव साधु विदितो भुज-विक्रमस्त सद्यो गतः सतनुरेव यत: शिशुमै ॥ ३० ॥ 31. स त्वं यमात्मज-मरुत्-सुतयोः सगर्म्य- स्त्यक्तः कथं भवसि सत्य-पराक्रमाभ्याम् । हन्तोर्वशी-प्रथित-शाप-बलोदितं तत् पण्डत्वमेव भजसीत्यधुनापि मन्ये ॥ ३१ ॥ 32. गाण्डीव एष तव खाण्डव-दाह-लब्धो नाना-रिपु-प्रवर-शौर्य-विमाथि-वीर्यः । संसर्गतस्तव किमस्य च षण्डतेति मत्वा नपुंसकतयापि च कथ्यतेऽसौ ॥ ३२ ॥ I 2 . Cp op cit , 10 89 37-38 MBh, VP , 46, 48 50 3 The bow eta is found used both in the masculine as well as neuter genders , cp "गाण्डौव गाण्डियौ पु-नपुसको"। Now, the poetess fancies thus the bow गाण्डीव, though masculine, is also found as neuter as well , is that due to the association of the bow with you?

·Laksmi 57 33. देहस्तवायमधुना दहने हुतश्चेत् खेदं मुकुन्द-सहजैव भजेन्नितान्तम् । कृष्णा पुनश्च पतिभिश्चतुरेश्चतुर्भि- निष्णात-धीरतितरा मुखितैव सा स्यात् ॥ ३३ ॥ 34. इत्यादि-दुःसह-वचोविशिखौध-वितो दुःखाकुलः स खलु शक्र-सुतस्तदानीम् । विद्या-बलेन निलयादवनीसुरस्य मानी ययौ यम-पुरों हरिमप्यदृष्ट्वा ॥ ३४ ॥ 35. सम्मान-पूर्वममुना प्रतिदर्शितेषु सम्मानयंस्तत इतो निरयेषु पार्थः । तहत् क्रमेण निलयेष्वपि दिक्पतीना कुत्राप्यदृष्ट-शिशुरेष ययौ विषादम् ॥ ३५ ॥ 36. भूयो विचिन्त्य बहुशः ख-यशोविनाशं भूरि-त्रपा-परवशः स भृशं मनखी। द्रष्टुं शशाक न यतो निज-बान्धवाद्या- स्त्यक्तुं ततः स्व-तनुमैच्छदयं कशानी ॥ ३६ ॥ 37 सन्दीप्य तत्र दहनं भृशमिन्धनौवः सञ्चिन्त्य चापि पुर-वैरि-पदानमन्तः । यावज्जुहाव दहने स्व-तनु स जिष्णु- स्तावत् समेत्य हरिणाऽभिदधे निरुध्य ॥ ३७ ॥ I. Cp BhP, 10 89 42

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38 "मा मा कुरुष्व कुरु-सत्तम साहसं म-
व्यस्मिन् भवत्-प्रिय-सखेऽपि च जीवतीत्यम् ।
हा हन्त भूरि-तर-कोति-निदान-भूतं
देहं विहातुमिह कस्तव दुर्विचारः ॥ ३८ ॥
39 कृत्स्न मही-तलमहो तब हस्त-संस्थ
स्वर्लोक-दुर्लभ इहाद्य तु भोग-योगः ।
कृष्णोऽस्माइं च भवतः सततं हितैषी
न ज्ञायते विजय । संप्रति शोक-हेतुः ॥ ३८ ॥
40 क्वच्छ्रे पुरापि च पृथा-सुत तत्र तत्र
यद् यन्मया हुापकतं भवतो हितार्थे ।
विस्मृत्य तत् सकलमप्ययि मामनुक्का
व्यक्त कलेवरमहो बल कितवासोत्” ॥ ४० ॥
41. वाचं निशम्य मधुरां मधु-सूदनस्य
देवं न्यवेदयदमुविजयः स-शोकम् ।
"जाननपोत्यमखिल खलु सर्व-वेदिन
नैवं प्रलोभयितुमर्हसि दासमेनम् ॥ ४१ ॥
42. रक्षिष्यते हिज-तनज इतीरितेयं
व्यर्थाऽभवत् सपदि हन्त मम प्रतिज्ञा ।
त्यच्यामि तत्तनुमिमां हत-कीर्तिरग्नी
तस्मात् प्रसोद जगदीश्वर देद्यनुज्ञाम्” ॥ ४२ ॥

·Laksmi 59 43. “त्यज विजय विषादं साप्रतं सर्वमेव प्रिय-सख तरसा ते वाञ्छितं साधयिथे।" इति सुमधुर-वाचा सान्वयित्वा तमेनं कर-तलमवलम्बा प्रस्थितो वासुदेवः ॥ ४३ ॥ इति प्रथमः सर्गः। I. The metre of this verse 15 मालिनी।

·अथ द्वितीयः सर्गः। 44. अथो जवानिर्जित-मारुताश्वं रथ समारुह्य रथांग-पाणिः । सहस्त्र-नेत्रस्य सुतेन साकं दिशं प्रतीचौं प्रययौ स देवः ॥ १ ॥ 45. ततो व्यतीतेऽट्रि-वरे तु लोका- लोकाभिधे तत्र तमोऽतिघोरम् । निवार्य चक्र-प्रभया महत्या निरुद्ध-नेत्रं निजगाद पार्थम् ॥ २॥ 46. “विलोक्यतामाशु विलोकनीयं विलोचनासेचनकं जनानाम् । अवयं-तत्तन्महिमातिशायि सुपर्ण-केतोः पदमत्युदारम् ॥ ३ ॥ 47. कदापि माया-विकृतिं न याति भयादि-भावा अपि दूर-याताः । प्रकाश-रूपेऽपि च यत्र नित्यं परः परानन्द-रस-प्रवाहः॥४॥ in this - I. BhP, Io 89 46 The metre of the verses canto is either उपेन्द्रवज्रा or उपजाति, except that of the last verse which is पुष्पिताया। 2. Cp Raghv., I 68.

·Laksmī 61 48. अनार्जवं यत्र भजत्यजत्र- महीन्द्र-भोगः परमेक एव । वि-रूपता चापि खगाधिराजो गदान्विताः प्रायश एव भत्ताः ॥ ५ ॥ 49. नवाम्बुद-श्यामल-कोमलागा गदाम्बुजायंकित-दोश्चतुष्काः । श्रीवत्स-पीताम्बर-कौस्तुभाट्याः श्रीकान्त-भक्ता विहरन्ति यस्मिन् ॥६॥ 50 दिव्यागनाभिः परिचर्यमाणा दिव्याशु-काले परिभूषितांगी। यस्मिन् वयं विश्व-विमोहिनी सा दृष्टि-प्रसाद कुरुते च लक्ष्मीः" ॥७॥ 51 इतौरयित्वा तरसाऽवरूढो रथादसौ पाण्ड, सुतेन साकम् । विवेश पाखें विहिताञ्जली तो प्रदृष्टवन्तौ च पर पुमांसम ॥८॥ I 2 प्रार्थों परिसख्या here Here प्रार्थों लिष्ट-परिसख्या । fa means bird, so विरूपता means the form of a bird It also means "the absence of beauty 3 गदान्विता bears more than one meaning On one side, it means those who carry the mace of fau, on the other, it means those who are ill 4 जाले ।

·62 Sanskrit Poetesses [इतः परं सप्तभिः कुलकम् ] 52. फणीन्द्र-पर्यत-तले शयान महेन्द्र-नीलोत्पल-मेचकांगम् । किरीट-हारादि-विभूषणोध- प्रकृष्ट-नाना-मणि-दीपिताशम् ॥2॥ 53. ललाट-देशाकलितोवं-पुण्ड कपा-रसापूर्ण-सरोज-नेत्रम् । सुवर्ण -मोनोपम-कुण्डलोद्यत्- प्रभानुलिप्तामल-गण्ड-शोभम् ॥१०॥ 54. मृदु-स्मितोद्योति-मुखेन्दु-बिम्ब गलोल्लसत्-कौस्तुभ-शोभमानम् । चतुर्भुजासत-गदारि-शंख- सरोरुह मञ्जल-वन्य-मालम् ॥११॥ 56 ख-भक्त-वात्सल्य-विशेष-शंखि- श्रीवत्स-लक्ष्माकित-वत्स-देशम् । अनेक-परुह-संभवाण्ड- निवेश-वेश्मायित-कुक्षि-देशम् ॥१२॥ I Here the word नौल 1s significantly put in the middle of a compound It goes with the preceding and following parts , thus the meaning of the first part is महेन्द्र-नौल- मेचकागम् , and of the second, नौलोत्पल-मेचकागम् । Cp BhP., Io 89.53-56 2 3. सौवर्ण?

·Laksmi 63 57. पीताम्बराच्छादित-पौवरोरु पापावकारारुण-पाद-पनम् । नखेन्दु-विध्वस्त-समस्त-भक्ता- जनान्तर-स्थायि-महान्धकारम् ॥१३॥ 58 सनत्कुमारादि-मुनीन्द्र-मुख्यैः सनन्द-मुख्यरपि पारिषदाः। मुरामुरादारपि मूर्तिमद्भि- निजायुधैः सन्ततमौद्यमानम् ॥१४॥ 59. तदीय-रूपापहृताक्षि-पद्मा- वं परानन्द-पयोधि-मग्नौ। स्खलद-गिरा तुष्टुवतुस्तदानों जगद्-गुरु पाण्डव-वासुदेवी ॥१५॥ 60. “नमो नमस्ते नलिनेक्षणाय नवाम्बुद-श्याम-कलेवराय। पदारविन्द-प्रणताखिलार्थ- प्रदान-सन्तान-महोरहाय ॥१६॥ 61. नमोऽद्वितीयाय सदाऽस्तु तुभ्य पुराण-पुंसे प्रकृतेः परस्मै। I. Cp. BhP , 10 89 56 Metre defective One syllable missing at the beginning of the पाद वेवम् ? 10 पद्मौ+ एवम् ? 2 ·64 Sanskrit Poetesses प्रपञ्च-सर्ग-स्थिति-नाश-कते विरिञ्चि-विष्णवीश-वपुर्धराय ॥१७॥ 62. योगीश्वरान्तनिलयाय धाम्ने बोध-स्वरूपाय निरञ्जनाय । बुद्धीन्द्रिय-प्राण-विलक्षणाय सत्यात्मकायास्तु नमो नमस्ते ॥१८॥ 63. सर्वात्मने सर्व-विलक्षणाय सर्वान्तरस्थाय सदा शिवाय। सच्चित्-परानन्द-मयाय शुद्ध- तत्त्व-स्वरूपाय नमो नमस्ते ॥१८॥ 64. यस्मादिद विश्वमुदेति सर्व यस्मिन् प्रतिष्ठां लभते पुनस्तत् । यत्व याति प्रलयं च तस्मै तुभ्यं नमोऽस्त्वद्भुत-वैभवाय ॥२०॥ 65 विधाय माया-प्रतिबिम्बितस्त्वं प्रपञ्चमेतम्महदादि-तत्वः। संहृत्य भूयः किल काल-शक्त्या प्रकाशसे वंहि महा-प्रकाशः ॥२१॥ 66 विधाय लीला-निलयं किशोरः प्रविश्य चान्तः सुचिर विहृत्य ।

·Laksmi 65 विनाशयत्येव पुनस्तु सर्व तथैव नाथ त्वमिद च विश्वम् ॥२२॥ 66 मायामये संमृति-सागरेऽस्मिन् कायाम-बुद्धया सुचिर मन्तः । तवैव संप्राप्य पदान-पोत तरन्ति तं गोष्पदवन्मथन्तः ॥२३॥ 67. भवनिकेत-धमणे सदा में ताभिलाषौ चरणौ भवेताम् । करौ भवत्-पाद-सरोज-पूजा- रती श्रुती त्वचरित-श्रुतौ च ॥२४॥ 68 मुकुन्द ते मूर्ति-विलोकनोत्के विलोचने चापि सदा भवेताम् । घ्राणं च युभत्-पद-पम-पुष्य- घ्राणोत्सुक सन्ततमस्तु विष्णो ॥२५॥ 69 तवावतारादि-कथा-प्रसङ्ग- रता सदा स्याद्रसनाऽस्मदीया। मूर्धा प्रणाम-प्रवणोऽस्तु नित्य ध्याने मनो मे मधु-दानवारे" ॥ २६ ॥ 1. The forma is grammatically wrong here. Though 99 precedes a, it is grammatically as good as absent, and is, therefore, to be ignored. So a should be 491 Vide Sid- Kaum , 412 , Ast., 8 1 72, "आमन्त्रित पूर्वमविद्यमानयत् ।" 5

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Sanskrit Poetesses
70. इति स्तुतोऽयं सरसो-कहाक्षः
स्मितामृतासक्ता-मुखारविन्दः ।
कपा-रसापूर्ण-कटाक्ष-पातैः
प्रहर्षयबाह पुमान् पुराणः ॥ २७ ॥
71 "किमद्य भोः वष्या-धनञ्जयो वा-
मनाहतं क्षेममुदार-वीयौं।
निवेद्यता स्वागतमप्यहो यन्-
मदन्तिकेऽप्यागमने निदानम् ॥ २८॥
72. पृष्टो बतेवं पुरुषोत्तमेन
प्रच्छाद्य तापनिज-सर्ववित्वम् ।
विज्ञापयामास यदूद्दहोऽस्मै
विज्ञान-रूपाय शत-प्रणामः ॥ २८ ॥
73 "निवेदनीयं त्वयि सर्ववेदिन
न विद्यते किञ्चन देव-देव ।
दिवाकरस्यात्र तमोनिरोधः
प्रकाश-रूपस्य भवेत् कथं वा ॥३०॥
74. तथापि लोकानुकृतिस्तवेयं
पदाश्रितानुग्रह-हेतुरेव।
पिपासुता हन्त पयोधराणा
निजाश्रयाणामिव चातकानाम् ॥ ३१ ॥

·Laksmi
75. दिजस्य कस्यापि
तन-भवस्य
प्रपालने साधु कृत-प्रतिज्ञः।
धनञ्जयोऽयं विफल-प्रतिज्ञः
परन सर्वत्र विचित्य जातः ॥ ३२॥
76 भवत्-प्रसादे सति दुर्लभं किं
भवज्जनस्येति विचिन्त्य नाथ ।
अनेन साकं भवत. सकाशं
समागतोऽस्माद्य सरोरुहाक्ष ॥ ३३ ॥
77. अयि प्रपन्नातिहर प्रसन्नो
भवेति भूयोऽपि कृत-प्रणामः ।
सुधामिवामन्द-कपा-रसाद्री
जगाद वाचं जगता शरण्यः ॥ ३४॥
78. “कतु युवामा मदंशभूता-
वनेक-हिंसा-जनिताघ मुक्तौ ।
पदावलोकायम ते कुमारा
द्विजोत्तमस्थान मयैव नोताः ॥ ३५॥
79. चिरं पृथिव्या कुशल भजन्ती
पद समागच्चतमेतदेव।
नयेतमतानपि विप्र-पुत्रान्
प्रतिश्रुतं तत्तु भवत्वबन्धम् ॥ ३६ ॥

·68 Sanskrit Poetesses 80. इति मधु-रिपुणा कृताभ्यनुजौ यदु-वर-पाण्डु-सुतावतिप्रहृष्टौ। पद-सरसिजयोनिपत्य भूयो हिज-तनयैश्च ततः प्रतस्थिवासी ॥३७॥ इति द्वितीयः सर्गः॥ we- I. Cp. BhP., I0. 89.60. The metre of this verse garni, see foot-note 1, p. 30.

·अथ तृतीयः सर्ग: 81 अथ तदा हरि-लोक-विलोकना- दुदित-तत्त्व-धिया स धनञ्जयः । कृत-इरि-स्तुतिरस्त-मदोऽविशद दिज-राहे जग्राहे च परा मुदम् ॥ १॥ 82. मुत-विनाश-विषाद-विमूर्छितं द्रुतमुपेत्य तदा हिज-सत्तमम् । सह निपत्य पदे विजयोऽब्रवीत् स हरिणा हरिणाक-कुलांकुरः ॥२॥ 83. “हिज-वर प्रणतोऽस्मि धनञ्जय- स्तव पदाल-युगे सह-बालकः । अनुग्रहाण विषादमशेषयन् दयितयाऽयि तयाऽतिशुचातया ॥३॥ 84 दशम-नन्दन-पालनमेव ते हिज-कुलेन्द्र मया तु पुराश्रुतम् । बत परं मधु-वैरि-कपा-बला- दनिहतानिह तान् दश चाऽऽनयम्"॥४॥ I. The metre of the verses 1-46 in this canto is Drutavilambita 2. Cp BhP., 10 89 61

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Sanskrit Poetesses
इति निपीय तदीय-वचोऽमृतं
गुरु-तर-प्रमदाकुल-मानसः।
क्षणमभूत् प्रतिपत्ति-विमूढ-धी-
हिज-वरो जव-रोधि-विकारतः ॥५॥
86.
समुपगुह्य
दृढ
पुनराशु
तं
शिरसि चाप्यभिचुम्बा मुहुमुहुः ।
प्रमद-वाध्य-जलान्यभिवर्षता
स जगदे जगदेक-धनुर्धरः ॥ ६ ॥
87. अयि धनञ्जय जीव चिर सुखी
सुत-धनादि-समस्त-समृद्धिमान् ।
पृथु यशश्च भुजा-बलमक्षतं
भवतु तेऽवतु सेन महौं भवान् ॥ ७॥
88. समधिकाधिक-मोद-विधायिनः
प्रतिविधानमहो न जगत्त्रये।
किमधिकं बत दातुमिदं जग-
हिजय ते जयते भुज-विक्रमः ॥८॥
89. इह तु दीन-परायण सर्वदा
यदु-पतिः स ददातु हितं तव।
निज-वयोविलयेऽपि च योगिना-
मसुलभं सुलभं पदमस्तु तत् ॥८॥

·Laksmī 71 90 इति वितीयं तदाशिषमयतो मधु-रिपुच समोच्य मही-सुरः । सुदृढ-भक्ति-युतः प्रणिपत्य तं परमुदाऽरमुदारमथास्तुवत् ॥१०॥ 91 'जय हरे जय देव जगत्-पते यदु-कुलाम्बु धि-पूर्ण-निशाकर। अयमहं प्रणतोऽस्मि रमा-पते । तव पदेऽव पदेक-समाश्रयम् ॥ ११ ॥ 29. अहह विश्व-विमोहन-शोलया तव पर जगदौखर मायया। हत-धियः कलयन्ति महामतां मनसि ते न सिततर-कर्मभिः ॥ १२॥ 93. तदिह मे निखिलामपराधितां सुत-विनाश-शुचा वचसा कृताम् । सदयमदा सहख पा विना त्रि-भुवने भुवनेश्वर का गतिः ।।१३ ।। 94. यदिह दुस्तर-संमृति-सागरे सुदृढ-वासनया तु निमज्जतः । प्रघमही प्रतिजन्म समर्जितं लमधुना मधु-नाशन नाथ ॥१४॥ I. ममेति शेष ।

·72 Sanskrit Poetesses 95. दृढ तरा त्वयि भक्तिरहर्निशं भवतु मे भव-ताप-विनाशिनी। अपनयख हृदोऽप्यविवेकितां करुणयाऽरुणया नयन-श्रिया ॥१५॥ 96. सततमेव जगत् परिरक्षित निखिलमण्यवतार-शतैरलम् । कृत-धियस्तव सा प्रथिता कपा भुवि तथा वितथामिह मा कथाः ॥१६ 97. दिवि-भुवा हयकण्ठ इति प्रथा गतवताऽपहृते निगमोत्करे । तव तु तत्रता सकलापदा शम-करी मकरीश-तनुः पुरा ॥१७॥ 98. प्रमथिते तु पुरा पयसां निधी मिलित-सर्व-सुरासुर-सञ्चयः विपुल-कच्छप-रूपमधोगतं महि-धरं हि धरन्तमुपास्महे ॥१८॥ - I. दिति ? 2 For reference, see PanR , Cp BhP, 8, 249. 3. fay assumed the form of a fish for recovering the Vedas stolen by Bratari For details, see MahBh, Vana paivan, chap 187 , MatP., chap I , BhP, 8 24 9 , MeruT , प्रकाश 26. 4. At the time of the churning of the ocean fay supported the fact hill as a tortoise For details, see KurP, I, for कूर्म as an incarnation of प्रजापवि, see SatBra., 7.515. .

·Laksmi 73 99. शरणमस्तु स मे किटि-रूप-ग जलनिधावसुरेण निमज्जिता। क्षितिरियं बत येन समुद्धता स च रणे चरणेन हतो रिपुः ॥ १९ ॥ । 100. दिति-सुतं निज-भक्ता-सुर-द्रुहं कशिपुमादि-हिरण्य-पदं नखैः । नर-मृगेन्द्र-वाहतवान् भवान् वसतु मध्यतमो हृदि ॥२०॥ 101. तमहमिन्द्र-सहोदरमाश्रये त्रि-पद-मात्र-मिता तु जगत्-त्रयीम् । मिस तु I. The third incarnation of fag is a Boar who killed हिरण्याक्ष। For details, vide BhP , 3 12 20 , Kalp, 19-22 2 For details, see AgniP , chap, 30 सिहस्य कृत्वा बदन मुरारि सदा करालच्च सुरत-नेवम् । अध वपुर्व मनुजस्य कृत्वा ययौ सभां देत्यपते पुरस्तात् । Har V., chaps 30-39, BhP., 7, I-10, VisnuP. I 17-21, Almost every STIU contains some information about नृसिंह।

·74 Sanskrit Poetesses बलि-करादपहृत्य च यः पुरा मघवतेऽधवते प्रददौ मुदा ॥ २१ ॥ 102 हृदि करोग्यनिशं जमदग्निजं हिज-कुलापकृती निरता नृपाः । सपदि यस्य परखध-नामके हुतवहे तव हे शलभाः कृताः ॥ २२ ॥ 103 सुर-जनार्थनया दिनछत्-कुले दशरथात्मजता समुपेत्य यः । दशमुखं तु जघान जगद्गुह स भव मे भव-मदुर-तापहा ॥ २३ ॥ I बलि, king of demons, occupied the city of gods and banished them all from it For conquering him, fay assumed the form of a dwarf ( a), see BhP., 8, 14-24 , Vamp, 48-53 2 Nowhere in the Ram. and the MahBh 1s परशुराम accepted as an incarnation of the Lord. But afterwards in the MatP, Visp and other grrus, he is declared as the sixth incarnation of the Lord and in the BhP., as the sixteenth incarnation In the above guras, he is taken to be only a partial, and not a full, incarnation In the RenM of the सह्याद्रि खण्ड of the SkanP , an attempt is made to make him a full incarnation For details, vide BhP., I 2 MahBh , शान्ति-पर्व, chap 49 , also Vana-parvan, chaps. II6-IIT , Ram , I, 75-76 , SkanP, सह्याद्रि-खण्ड of RenM, I3 19, KalP , chap. 82. 3. The reference is to Ti# I .

·Laksmī 75 104 सित-पयोधर-चारुतराकृति- विकृत-नील-पटो मुसलायुधः । इह च सम्प्रति नः शरणं भवा- ज्छमयतामयतामघमुल्वणम् ॥ २४ ॥ 105. कलि-युगेऽन्तमुपेथति कल्किन: खल-जनानखिलांश्च विभेत्स्यतः । तव पदाल-युग तदिदं मनः स्मरति मे रतिमेकतमा वहत् ॥ २५ ॥ - 2 - 1. According to some authorities, ky is the eighth incarnation , but according to many others, बलराम Is the eighth Acc to the BhP, I 3 23, सण Is the twentieth incarnation Our poetess evidently accepts at as the eighth incarnation For the dress and weapon of बलराम, see BrahVP, श्रीकृष्ण जन्म- खण्ड, chap 13 Our poetess it does not evidently recognise the Buddha as an incarnation of famui For the recognition of the Buddha as an incarnation, see BhP, I 3 (21st incarnation), VisP, part III, chaps 17 and 18 (The Lord Buddha is here named मायामोह ), AnuB, II, 2, 26, GitG, I (निन्दसि यज्ञ विधेरहह श्रुति-जातम् ) etc , cp SanD , chap I ( यस्यालीयत शस्फ-सौम्नि जलधि , etc) Kalkı will be born, it is stated, at the end of the present Age of vice and will bring back the golden Age For details, see Kalkıp For Kalki as the twenty-third incarnation, see BhP., I.3.24-25 For Kalkı as accepted by the Jains, see JainHV, 60 2 52 - ·76 Sanskrit Poetesses 106. यमिह यादव-वंश समुद्भवं धरणि-भार-विनाश-विधित्सया । सपदि कंस-भयेन पिताऽनयद् व्रज-पदेऽज पदेन तरन् नदीम् ॥ २६ ॥ 107. सपदि तत्र च कस-नियोजिता विष-विलिप्त-कुच दिशतो तव। निशिचरी बत येन हि पूतना सुनिहता निहतामित बालका' ॥ २७ ॥ 103. तव वधाय पुनश्च समागता: शकट-वात-मुखा बहवोऽसुराः । मख-भुजामनिश च हितैषिणा विदलिता दलितार्जुन-भूरुहा* ॥ २८ ॥ I Cp eg, BhP, 10 346f 2 For details, see BhP, 10 6. 10 , HariV, chap. 62. कृष्ण sucked the breast of पूतना in such a way that she was instantaneously killed 3 fu killed the demons headed by 2 and and when He was very young See, eg BhP , I0.7 6, 26,28 4 Nala and par assumed the forms of Yamala and Arjuna trees owing to the curse of नारद । कृष्ण uprooted the trees with great force for the salvation of Nala and all See eg, BhP., I0. 10 23ff भूरुहा adj to त्वया (omitted) - - ·Lakshmi 77 109. निखिल-गोप-वधू-निलयादपि ख-जननी नवनीत-पयोमुषः । नियमनं तु कथञ्चिदुलूखले कृतवती तव तीव्र-रुषाकुला ॥२८॥ 110. सकल-गोप कुमारक-संकुले भवति गो-शिशु-पालन-लोलुपे । कमलभूरपि यस्य तु मायया परमयाऽरमयादिह विस्मयम् ॥ ३० ॥ 111. स्व-विष-दूषित-सूय-सुता-जलं विमदयन् फणि-नायकमाशु यः । सुर-जनेन सुमेरभिवर्षितः स्तुतवता तव ताण्डव-चातुरीम् ॥३१॥ I a cave. यशोदा, foster-mother of कृष्ण, tied Him with rope to a mortar so that He might not reveal His wonderful divine power. See, eg., BhP, I0 9 14 2. In order to examine whether u was the full incarnation of the supreme soul, I stole all the cowherds and kept them hidden in कृष्ण, however, deluded ब्रह्मा by substituting the cow-herds of exactly the same appearance. See, eg , BhP , Io. I3 41. 3 The reference is to the Serpent writer who with his associates used to poison the water of Fi with their poisonous breath. Once the cows and the cow-herds drank the water and immediately died şu at once jumped into the water, lifted up with and sent all the serpents together with #reta to the island रमणक see, e.g. BhP., 10 16.28 , ·78 Sanskrit Poetesses 112 जल-विहार-विधौ यमुना-तटे निहितमंशुक-सञ्चयमाहरन् । ब्रज-वधूरकरोस्वपयातुराः समदना मदनाधिक-मोहन:1 ॥ ३२ ॥ 118. रुषित-वासव-वृष्टि-भयं व्रजे प्रशमयन् स्वकरोत-पर्वतः । गत-मदेन शचीपतिना पुन- दिवि-भवैविभवैः समपूजि यः ॥ ३३ ॥ 114. मुरलिका-खन-मोहित-मानस- व्रज 1-वधू-निवहैः सह यो भवान् । बहु-तनुर्बहुधापि च खेलन व्यतनुतातनु-ताप- आप-भराकुलैः ॥ ३४ ॥ 2 I. कृष्ण wanted to test their fidelity in Him , so he stole all their clothes and climbed up a kadamba tree See, eg BhP , 309, VisP 5 13 The cow-herdesses used to celebrate the sacrifice to Indra called इन्द्र-याग । As ou thought it was not the best way to acquire unflinching devotion necessary for salvation, he stopped the sacrifice Indra became angry and ordered that it would rain in Gokul incessantly fu came to the rescue of the cow-herds, lifted up the mount Govardhana which served the cow-herds as an umbrella and thus protected them all Indra consequently submitted and chanted hymns in praise of कृष्ण। See, eg., BhP , I0.25 18-19 3. Once became many during the tre and celebrated the occasion thus with the entire satisfaction of one and all of the cow-herdesses.Seeeg , BhP 1038.3 .

·Laksmi 79 115. कलयता बहुलद्धिमहो बजे गतवतापि पुनर्मधुरा-पुरीम्। वधु-जना नयनाञ्चल-शृङ्खला- विगलिता गलितान्य-रसाः कृताः ॥३५॥ 116 ऋजु-तनूमनुलेपन-दायिनी- मथ विधाय मुदाम-मुखार्चितः । रजक-मल्ल-मुखैः सह मातुलं निरवधौरवधौरित-सत्-पथम् ॥ ३६ ॥ 117. उपमयादथ शिक्षित-सत्-कलो मृत-तनूभव-जीवन-दक्षिणः। अनुमतः प्रययौ च निजा पुरों स्व-गुरुणा गुरुणा प्रमदेन यः ॥ ३७ ॥ I 2 - बलराम also accompanied him Cp BhP , Io 41 19 मधुरा and मथुरा are identical. For details about मथुरा, see मथुरा- माहात्मा of VarP , chaps 152, 158 etc For u attracting women, cp BhP., 10 42 8, 24, etc Cp BhP, 10 44 I7-41. BHP , I0, 45 33ff When the Preceptor of u demanded of him as his teaching fee the life of his son who died in the sea, कृष्ण and वलराम Implored the sea to return the son of the preceptor The sea replied that he was devoured by a conch called पञ्चजन, really a demon, residing inside. They, therefore, killed the demon, blew the conch and rescued the deceased son of the preceptor from the region of Yama ·80 Sanskrit Poetessss 118. बहुतर तु जरा-सुत-दोर्मदं शिथिलयन् मुचुकुन्द-गतिप्रदः । जलनिधावकरोदतिदुर्गमा- मसुहृदां सुहृदा सुगमा पुरोम् ॥ ३८ ॥ 119. विदित-भीम-सुता-हृदयस्तु यो हिज-कुमार गिराश्रित-कुण्डिनः । प्रियतमा च जहार विरोधिनो विशिखयञ् शिखयन्नपि रुक्मिणम् ॥३८ 120. दिनकरात-मणेरपि यादवाद भवति टुर्वचनाच्चकितात्मनः। I Cp op-cit , I0.5I. 2. Cp.op cit., I0.5254. Desirous of marrying कृष्ण, रुक्मिणी secretly sent a ब्राह्मण to him कृष्ण, too, became enamoured of her on hearing the report. Unfortunately, all arrangements for her marriage with frygter had already been made , utterly disappointed, she resorted to the temple of the goddess for redress बलराम and Fy who had come to the marriage ceremony as spectators, forcibly abducted her. A war at once broke out in which Nu was victorious. He brought afandit's brother fanta as a prisoner. af he was, however, released at the intervention of बलराम।

·Laksmi 83 धरणि-भार-हरः सुखमावसः स्व-सदने सदनेक-जनाश्रिते ॥ ४४ ॥ 45. गिरिश-सेवक-बाण-मदापहा ZI-ATT-Ata-faaifuata i द्रुपदजाबर-भंग-समीरता- मुपगताऽपगताऽरिषु यत्-कपा ॥ ४५ ॥ in 1 severe penances and through the grace of fua, he came to possess a chariot moving at will, with which he began to torture the areas mercilessly Subsequently he was killed by . Cp. op-cit, 10 63. 91, daughter of art, fell in love with king wat, son of age, and grandson of u at first sight, Coming to know of this, faeci, an intimate friend of 5741, brought frap to 39 by means of magic As a consequence a war broke out between an and the cas in which fea and y had to participate. As atu was defeated inspite of fwa's protection, he had to return both snap and 911 Cp eg, op-cit 10 64 , 81771-HIFTCHI, FATHEU of the E-gru, chap. Io, pp 529 of the afael ed. @fafa and alarquarrelled for the same cow called fet, unknowingly offered to both of them at different times As the king paid no attention to them, they cursed him that he would become a lizard He however, got rid of the curse by the touch of sn's hand in the well which is now famous as the well of नृग। 3 Cp MahBh , H1-98, 68, vv 41-48 The famous incident of the FT Rita in which Lord FT 1S represented as saving stuet from the dishonour of being stripped in public. 2 ·84 Sanskrit Poetesses 46. निज-कलत्र-हिताय धनार्थिन प्रिय-सख तु कुचेल-महोसुरम् । अकृत यः पृथुकाशनतोऽधिक सुधनदो धनदोपममाशु तम् ॥ ४६ ॥ 47 स त्वं सत्त्व-तनुः समस्त-कलया पूर्णोऽवतोर्ण: कुले वृष्णीनामिह भूमि-भार-हरणे योऽभ्यर्थितो वेधसा । नारीणा नयनामृतायित- वपुश्चैद्यादि-दिष्टान्तक्कन भक्तानामखिलार्थ-कल्पक-तरुः कृष्णधि नः श्रेयसे ॥ ४०॥ इति क्षिति-सुरोत्तम-प्रियमनेन संपादयन् सुराधिप-सुतेन च प्रमद-भार-पूर्णात्मना समेत्य निज-मन्दिरं सह कलत्र-पुत्रादिभिः' 48 ॥४८॥ 49. विहारैरित्याध जगदखिलमानन्द-भरितं वितन्वन् भक्तानां परम-गति-दानक-निरतः । 1. Cp BhP., 10.81 7ff Kucela, also known as सुदाम, went to his great friend ft and owing to his extreme poverty, could not take with him anything else than some fried rice This, however, pleased on so much that He at once bestowed upon his friend immense wealth Metre शार्दूल विक्रौडित। 3. Metre geant, one line missing. 2 ·Laksmi 81 41 अवि वरादपि (१) लब्ध-सुतस्तयो- रुरुभयोरुभयोः करमग्रहो: ॥ ४० ॥ कृत-कलिन्द-सुता-कर-पौडनः सपदि मद्र-महोश-सुतादिकाः । कर-बलात् परिग्रह्य च बालिका- स्त्वरमयो रमयोपमितागकाः ॥ ४१ ॥ I Cp op-cit , I0 57 4I सवाजित got the possession of the gem स्यमन्तक by pleasing the sun-god by means of his penances कशा wanted the gem for himself safuq's brother qafe once wore the gem on his neck, went to the forest where he was killed by a lion. It was generally thought that he was robbed and killed by कृष्ण himself Meanwhile जाम्बवान् killed the lion and gave it to his son a toy. To overheard the nurse consoling the as boy thus "सिह प्रसेनमवधीत् सिही जाम्बवता हत । सुकुमारक मा रीदीस्तव ह्येष स्यमन्तक॥" Then in order to disabuse the pubiic of their suspicion, He fought with 1917, vanquished him and took possession of the gem as well as his daughter नाम्बवती। When my approached सवाजित् for returning the gem, the latter presented him with his daughter सत्यभामा । Cp op cit , I0 58 17 23, HariV., chaps 120-122 Being questioned by u and Arjuna why she was under. going such terrible penances, we replied that her only object was to have fag as her husband Pleased at her solicitations, su married her. Cp op-cit, 107677-78. 2 6 ·82 Sanskrit Poetesses 1 42. नरक-दैत्य-नियन्त्रित-सुन्दरी- जनमहो परिणीतवतः पुनः । सुर मुनि-प्रवराय निदर्शित- स्व-महिमा महिमापि च यस्य ते, ॥४२॥ 43. अथ युधिष्ठिर-यच-सभा-जन- प्राषितस्य तु चेदि-महोशितः । निधनमाशु विधाय ययो पुन- यजनतो जन-तोष-करो भवान् ॥ १३ ॥ 44 अपि च साल्व-मुखानखिलानह- नथ धनन्जय-सारथितां गतः । . 2 I. Cp BhP , I0 59 The demon Naraka robbed Indra of all his royal emblems, so the latter personally reported his greivance to go who killed the demon The women who were formerly stolen by him were now restored by fy to their proper guardians But as all of them wanted to marry Him, He married them all and took them to हारका। Cp op-cit., 10 74 43 चेदिरान 1s शिशुपाल । In the the sacrifice celebrated by gfafet, Sahadeva proposed that should be the recipient of all the offerings sacrifice of the 5 Enraged at this, fruna began to abuse v As all of the kings were leaving the sacrificial assembly in anger, कृष्ण cut off his head with His disc. 3. Cp op-cit., 10 sue felt very much insulted as consequence of the abduction of रुक्मिणी by कृष्ण and बलराम In order to take vengeance for the same, he engaged himself a

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·APPENDIX I The Rānās of Mewar Guhil-the present Rānā, Sır Bhūpāla Simba 1 Guhila (Guhadatta) 2 Bhoja 3 Mahendra 4 Nāga or Nāgāditya 5 Sīlādıtya (Sīla), Vik Samvat 706 6 Aparāzita, Vik Samvat 718 7 Mahendra II 8 Kālabhoja (Bāpā) VS 791 aid 810 9 Khummāna, V S 810 10 Mattata 11 Bhartibhata (Bhartupatta) 12 Simha 13 Khummāna II 14 Mahāyaka 15 Khummāna III 16 Bhartrbhata or Bhartrpatta II (VS 999,1000) 17 Allata, V S 1008, 1010 18 Naravāhana, V S. 1028 19 Sālıvāhana 20 Saktikumāra, V S. 1034 21 Ambāprasāda 22 Sucivaiman 23 Naravarman 24 Kārtivaiman 25 Yogarāja 26 Vairata 27 Hamsapāla 28 Vairisimha 29 Vijayasimha, VS 1164 and 1173 30 Arisimha 31 Codasımha 32 Vikramasimha ·88 APPENDIX I 33 Ranasımha (Karnasımha) Rawals of Mewar Sisodia branch 34 Ksemasimha 1 Māhapa 2 Rähapa 35 Sämantasimha 36 Kumārasımha 3 Narapati 37 Mathanasimha 4 Dinakara 38 Padmasımha 5 Jagakarana | Dungarpui branch 39 Jaitrasımha, 6 Nāgapāla V S 1270,1309 40 Tejasımha, 7 Purnapāla VS 1317,1324 41 Samarasimha, 8 Prth vīmalla VS 1330,1358 42 Ratnasımha, 9 Bhuvanasımha V S 1359,1360 10 Bhīmasimha 11 Jayasımha 12 Laksmanasımha VS 1360 Arisimha 13 Ajayasimha Á jay 44 45 46 43 Hammirasımha, V S 1383(?)-1421(?) Ksetrasimha, V S 1421(P)-1439 Laksasımha, V S 1439-1478 (?) Mokala, V.S 1478(?)-1490 ·APPENDIX I 89 47 Kumbhakarna, V S 1490-1525 48 Udayasimha, V S 1525-1530 49 Rāyamala, V S 1530-1566 50 Samgrāmasımha (Sāmgā), V S 1566–1584. 51 Ratnasımha II, V S 1584-1588 52 Vikramāditya, V S 1588--1593 53 Vanavīra, V S 1593-94 54 Udayasımha II, V S 1594-1628 55 Pratāpasimha, V S 1628–1653 56 Amarasimha, V S 1653–1676 57 Karnasimha, V S 1676-1684 58 Jagatsimha, V S 1684–1709 59 Rājasimha, V S 1709-1737 60 Jayasımha, V S, 1737-1755 61 Amarasımha II, V S 1755-1767 62 Sangrāmasımha II, V S 1767-1790 63. Jagatsimha II, V S 1790–1808 64 Pratāpasımha II, V S 1808-1810 65 Rājasımha II, V S 1810-1817 66 Arisimha II, V S 1817–1829 67 Hāmmirasımha II, V S 1829–1834 68. Bhīmasimha, V S 1834-1885 69 Javānasimha, V S 1885.1895 70 Sardārasimba, V S 1895-1899 71 Sarūpasimha, V S 1899—1918 72 Sambhusım ha. V S 1918–1931 73 Sajjansımha, V S 1931-1941 74 Fatahsımha, V S 1941–1987 75 Sir BhüpālasimhaV S 1987- ·APPNDIX II Metres of the Raghunāthabhyudaya Canto Verse or Verses 1-73 I 74 75 1-57 58 Name इन्द्रवज्रोपेन्द्रवज्रामिश्रोपजाति पुष्पिताया वसन्ततिलक मालभारिणी वसन्ततिलक मालिनी वसन्ततिलक इन्द्रवज्रा, उपेन्द्रवज्रा or उपजाति शार्दूलविक्रीडित मालिनी प्रबोविता वसन्ततिलक 59 60 1-49 " " III 50 51 IV 1-69 70 71 V 1-57 58 VI " इन्द्रवज्रा रयोद्धता मालिनी इन्द्रवज्रा, उपेन्द्रवज्रा or उपजाति वसन्ततिलक इन्द्रवज्रा, उपेन्द्रवज्रा or उपजाति शालिनी रुचिरा मजुभाषिणी 1-58 59 1-78 79 1-2 VII VIII 3 ·APPENDIX II 91 Canto Name Verse or Verses VIII 4 5 " 6 7 उपजाति शालिनी मालभारिणी वसन्ततिलक द्रुतविलम्बित रथोद्धता मालभारिणी 8-9 10 वसन्ततिलक मालभारिणी 11 12, 41, 42, 46, 47, 83, 90,93, 102 13, 29, 43,54,57, 60, 68,72,74,76,77,80, 87, 88, 97, 101 14,24,32, 37, 40,50, 58, 64, 65, 70, 75,78, 79, 81,85,92,95, 100 15 16, 23, 17, 51,53,67 18, 44,56, 84,86,91 19 20,33,38,49,61,82, 89, 94,92 21,39, 63, 69,71, 96 22 28 26,34 27,35,48 उपजाति स्वागता औपच्छन्दसिक मञ्जुभाषिणी रुचिरा प्रहर्षिणी " शालिनी द्रुतविलम्बित मालिनी उपेन्द्रवज्रा वसन्ततिलक इन्द्रवज्रा ·92 APPENDIX II Canto VIII " " IX X " Verse or Verses Name 28, 30, 31 खागता 36,55,59, 62,66 वशस्थविल 45,73 रथोद्धता 52 पुष्पिताग्रा 98 इन्द्रवशा 1-69 इन्द्रवज्रा, उपेन्द्रवज्रा or उपजाति 70-71 मालभारिणी 1-61 शालिनी 62 मालभारिणी 63, 64, 69,71 उपजाति 65 वसन्ततिलक 66 शालिनी 67,68 रुचिरा 70, 72, 75,96 मालभारिणी 73,97 द्रुतविलम्बित 74 पुष्पिताग्रा 76 शार्दूलविक्रीडित 77,95 वशस्थविल 98, 102, 107 स्वागता 108 रथोद्धता 106 शार्दूलविक्रीडित 1-95 वंशस्थविल 96 मालभारिणी 97 द्रुतविलम्बित 98-107 स्वागता 108 रथोद्धता " " . " XI " ·APPENDIX II 93 Canto XI XII . " Verse or Verses Name 109 शार्दूल-विक्रीडित 1, 8, 13, 18, 24, 25, 29, 32, 69, 70, 73, 80, 85,89 मालभारिणी 2,3, 15, 20, 22,31, 75,77 वंशस्थविल 4,28 पुष्पितामा 5, 6, 14, 16, 23,30, 35,45,50,58, 60,68, 69, 71, 72,76,78 इन्द्रवज्रा, उपेन्द्रवज्रा or उपजाति 7,27,34,81,88 वसन्ततिलक 9 मालिनी 10 सुन्दरी 1b, 12, 17, 19 द्रुतविलम्बित 26, 33 36,37,44 रथोद्धता 52,57, 79,82, 84 मञ्जुभाषिणी 74 मालिनी 86 पञ्चचामर 87 स्रग्धरा ११ " " ·VERSE-INDEX OF Vaidyanātha-prāsāda-praśastı Verse Page Verse Page 15 -- 2 गुञ्जभ्रमद्० 73 ग्राम-वस्त्र-वर० 40 24 27 3 62 जय-श्रिया 83 ज्योति -शास्त्र० 21 42 29 15 28 33 47 अखण्डिताङ्ग 116 अथ प्रतिष्ठा 79 अथागमत् 10 अथाभवद 125 अथाभ्यगच्छत् 46 अथामरेन्द्रश्च 80 अथो महादेव० 45 अन्तस्तडाग 43 अमर-नरक 36 अशेष-भू० 53 अशोभतासौ 140 अष्ट-सिद्धि आ 141 आधि-भञ्जन 15 39 14 20 5 ० 12 18 46 36 ० 19 21 46 5 ई 96 त चित्र-कूटा० 114 त ज्ञाति-वर्गापित. 58 तज्जन्य-भूमे० 15 ततस्तु नागपालो 104 ततोऽग्र-राज्ञी 55 ततो निजस्योग 63 ततो निष्कण्टका 16 ततोऽभवत् 39 ततोऽभवद् 23 ततोऽरिसिहा. 115 तत स्वादूदक 19 तत्सूनुरुन 97 तत्सूनुरुन 20 तदन जन्मा 31 तदन-जन्मा 41 तदङ्ग-जन्मा 13 111 ईशो हि कान्त्या० 38 7 39 41 5 119 ऊदाभिध 120 ऊदाभिधानो. 41 33 6 19 10 56 कायस्थ उग्र 89 काष्ठ गृहीत्वाथ 31 ·VERSE-INDEI 95 Page Verse 13 दिनकरस्तु 40 दिल्लीपतेर्माल 132 देवालयाद् योजन 81 द्विजाय सत्० ० 13 43 29 42 नृगामह 14 22 5 10 35 31 Verse Page 49 तदन-जन्मा 17 95 तदन्वयात् क्षीर० 33 21 तदात्मज 6 99 तदात्म-जन्मा 34 6 तदा मुनीना 2 37 तस्मादभुत् 13 17 तस्मादभूदुग्र० 5 102 तस्माद् गुणाब्धे 35 18 तस्मादू भुवनसिहो. 22 तस्मान्महीयान् 6 100 तस्यात्मज 35 101 तस्यात्मजोऽभूत 35 117 तस्यास्ति मन्त्री 68 तस्यैवानुमतो. 23 8 तस्योपदेशेन 3 52 तीर्थोदकै 18 126 तुला चतुर्थीमपि 42 110 तुला तृतीया 38 37 109 तुला द्वितीयापि 38 32 तेनासमुद्रान्त 10 90 तेनैव मार्गेण 31 38 तेनोर्जिता 13 द 59 दलेलखानो 20 72 दाक्षिणात्य इह 24 66 नृपस्य मन्त्री प 33 पार्थिवात् 103 पिताऽथ दत्ता 88 पुरा महास्तक्षक० 51 पुरोहित 108 पूर्वी तुला 35 प्रतापसिहेन 34 प्रतापसिहो. 130 प्रासाद-वैवाह्य 118 प्रमाभिधा कापि 18 40 57 11 . 43 40 107 तुलालय 29 32 0 82 ब्रह्म-ज्योति० भ 92 भुवोऽथ रक्षार्थ. म 27 मकार-वाची 106 माता तदीयाथ 50 मुन्यङ्ग सप्तन्दु० 84 मोरडी-सज्ञया 8 36 17 29 ·96 VERSE-INEEX Page Page 20 41 22 . 9 45 22 41 Verse 122 विचार्य तेनाथ 65 विश्वम्भरोऽपि 136 विष्टप-त्रितय. 67 विहारिदासे 138 वेद गीत-महिमो० 123 वेद-ध्वनि 139 वेद-मन्त्र० 105 वैकुण्ठ-लोक 74 वैद्यो वागभट. 2 Verse 57 म्लेच्छावि य 29 य कुम्भकर्णा 121 यज्ञान-मामग्रय० 5 यदेक-लिङ्ग 14 यशकर्ण 24 यश्चैक-लिङ्गस्य 93 यस्मादकस्मादथ 54 यस्याभिषेकाम्बु. 64 या क्षत्रियाणा 131 यो डुगराख्यस्य 45 4 41 7 45 36 32 19 22 24 43 43 43 15 11 रणे स्थिरत्वन्तु 128 रथाश्व-नर० 78 राजतीनाञ्च 113 रायोपनामा 12 राहप्प-राणा 27 44 ० 39 ० 30 4 23 129 शब्द संभ्रूयते 3 शारदा वसतु 1 शिव शाम्बमह 44 शिव-प्रसादाद् 134 शेष-नाग-मणि 86 श्रीमत्-सग्राम स •70 सग्राम-सिह. 87 सग्राम-सिह. 75 सवत्-खाद्रि० 133 सवगुजाब्धि० 137 ससृतेर्भय 94 स चाहुवाण 60 स चित्रकूटा० 69 सदानुकूले० 4 स भुयाद् 26 लक्ष्य-व्यधान् 8 31 25 44 16 45 21 ० 23 32 48 वंशो विस्तारिता 61 वन्दीमिवोद्गृह्य 71 वर-नरपति 77 वाजपेय-मुख० 7 वापाभिधो 127 वाराणसीस्थो 26 21 23 3 43 2 ·VERSE-INDEX 97 7 Verse Page Verse Page 28 स मोकल 8 30 स रायमल्लो 9 25 हमीर-देवादल. 98 स राव-राव 34 142 हरिश्चन्द्र-नामा 46 112 सुदृश्य-सर्वात. 39 124 हव्यै तैश्चा० 42 9 सूर्यान्वयो० 3 135 सेतुरेव च 31 44 91 हिमालय 76 स्वच्छोद्ग्राह० 25 85 हेम-हस्ति. 30 Verse-Index of Santānagopāla-kavya 90 इति वितीर्य 71 14 अतान्तरे ख० 52 70 इति स्तुतोऽय 66 81 अय तदा हरि० 69 51 इतीरयित्वा 61 123 अथ युधिष्ठिर० 82 17 इत्थ तु तस्य 53 44 अथो जवानिर्जित० 60 5 इत्यादि तस्य 50 48 अनार्जव यत्र 57 61 41 इत्यादि-दु सह० 124 अपि च साल्व० 82 20 इत्यूचुषोऽस्य 54 87 अयि धनञ्जय 70 89 इह तु दीन 70 77 अयि प्रपन्नार्तिहर 67 71 117नादय 29 अहह विश्व० 79 आ ऋ 26 आश्वस्यता ख० 55 116 जु-तनूमनुलेपन० 79 । आसीच्छ्यिा विजित० 49 इ 12 एवं विलय 52 128 इति-क्षिति० 84 85 इति निपीय 70 47 कदापि माया० 60 80 इति मधु-रिपुरणा 68 78 कतु युवामद्य 67 ·98 VERSE-INDEX Page 79 75 55 ० 49 ० 52 66 ० 58 Verse 115 कलयता बहुलद्धि० 105 कलि-युगेऽन्त 28 काले तु तत्र 2 काल न कश्चन 11 किचान षोडश 71 किमद्य भो कृष्ण 40 कृच्छ्रे पुरापि 121 कृत-कलिन्द० 39 कृत्स्न मही० 18 कृष्णादिभिश्च 21 कृष्णोऽहमस्मि न 7 क्लिश्यन्ति यत् ग 32 गाण्डीव एष 125 गिरिश-सेवक 81 Verse Page 59 तदीय-रुपा० 63 101 तमहमिन्द्र० 73 108 तव वधाय 76 69 तवावतारादि० 65 24 ताताज्ञया दिव० 55 43 त्यज विजय 59 द 84 दशम-नन्दन 69 100 दिति-सुत निज० 73 120 दिनकराप्त० 80 97 दिवि-भुवा हय० 72 50 दिव्याङ्गनाभि 61 95 दृढतरा त्वयि 6 दृष्टा तु शिष्ट० 50 33 देहस्तवायमधुना 57 83 द्विज-वर प्रणतोऽस्मि 69 75 द्विजस्य कस्यापि 67 58 53 54 50 72 56 83 79 चिर पृथिव्या 67 53 63 63 71 78 56 19 जन्मान्तरार्जित 91 जय हरे जय 112 जल-विहार-विधौ 29 जाते तदा युवति त 45 ततो व्यतीतेऽद्रि० 74 तथापि लोकानुकृति० 93 तदिह मे निखिला . 61 नमोऽद्वितीयाय 60 नमो नमस्ते 122 नरक-दैत्य० 49 नवाम्बुद-श्यामल. 109 निखिल-गोप० 126 निज-कलत. 73 निवेदनीय त्वयि 27 नि शङ्कमेव 82 61 77 84 60 66 66 55 71 .

·VERSE-INDEX 99 Verse 64 यस्मादिद 62 योगीश्वरान्त Page 64 64 ० Verse Page प 57 पीताम्बराच्छादित० 63 9 पुत्र पुरा यम० 51 72 पृष्टो बतैव 66 10 पैतामहास्त्र० 52 98 प्रमयिते तु पुरा 72 58 50 42 रक्षिष्यते द्विज० 4 रामादयो यदु० 113 रुषित-वासव० 130 रोगार्तयाऽपि 78 85 52 फणीन्द्र-पर्यव० 62 53 ललाट-देशाकलितो० 62 118 बहुतर तु जरा० 80 58 67 55 65 80 64 54 41 वाच निशम्य 21 वाचा किमद्य 119 विदित-भीष्म० 65 विधाय माया० 66 विवाय लीला० 46 विलोक्यतामाशु 129 विहारैरित्यायै० 76 भवत्प्रसादे 67 भवनिकेत-भ्रमणे 22 भित्त्वा पुरा नृप० 15 भूप किमत 13 भूयोऽपि भूसुर० 36 भूयो विचिन्त्य 53 64 52 60 57 84 58 73 99 शरणमस्तु स मे 16 शोक त्यज द्विज० 53 38 मा मा कुरुष्व 66 मायामये समृति० 68 मुकुन्द ते मूर्ति 114 मुरलिका-खन० 54 मृदु-स्मितोदयोति. 65 65 78 62 110 सकल-गोप० 96 सततमेव जगत् 31 सत्च यमात्मज० 127 स त्व सत्त्व-तनु 58 सनत्कुमारादि. 77 72 56 84 94 यदिह दुस्तर० 106 यमिह यादव० 71 76 63 ·100 ABBREVIATIONS Page 57 Page 69 76 Verse 83 सुत-विनाश० 103 सुर-जनार्थनया 55 स्व-भक्त-वात्सल्य. 111 स्व विष-दूषित 74 ० 62 70 70 ० 77 Verse 37 सन्दीप्य तत्र 107 सपदि तत च 88 समविकाधिक 86 समुपगुह्य दृढ 35 सम्मान पूर्वमधुना 63 सर्वात्मने सर्व 8 साधारणो न 104 सित-पयोवर० 23 सीरायुवादिभि० 57 0 64 51 50 75 3 हाहा हरे 102 हृदि करोम्यनिश 30 हे फाल्गुनार्जुन 74 54 56 ABBREVIATIONS % 3D %3- AbhCin AgniP AitBra. Amark AmaraKU Anek Samg AnnRaj AnuB ApSS Ast ASTGS ASSS Baudhss BhagG. BhP or BhagP Bhak Brah VP = Abhidhāna-cintamani =Agni-purāna =Aitareya Brāhmana =Amara-kosa =Amarakosodghatana =Anekārtha-Samgraha. =Tod's Annals of Rajasthana. = Anu-bhāsya =Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra =Astadhyayi =Āśvalāyana-grhya-sūtra. =Āśvalāyana-brauta-sūtra =Baudhāyana-srauta-sūtra. = Bhagavad-gītā =Bhāgavata-purāna =Bhatti-kavya = Brahma-valvarta-purana. % 3D ·ABBREVIATIONS 101 BrhadDhP =Brhad-dharma-purāna Chowed =Chowkamba edition Contri of W =Contribution of Women to Sanskrit to SL Literature Danc =Dāna-candrikā DanD = Dāna-darpana (as quoted in the Tithi-tattva, p 153) Dan Kh = Dāna-khanda DanKK = Dāna-kriyā-kaumudi Dans = Dānasāgara DhatRKD =Dhātu-rūpa-kalpa-druma, GautDS =Gautama-dharma-sūtra Gita =Gīta-govinda Har V = Hari-Vamsa Jaim Biah = Jaiminīga-Brāhmana Jain IV =Jaina-Hari-vamsa KalP =Kālıkā-purāna Kalkıp =Kalkı-purāna KalpDK =Kalpa-dru-kosa KatPar =Kātantra-parisista. Kats - Kātantra-sūtra Kath Samh = Kāthaka-samhıtā Katss =Kātyāyana-srauta-sūtra KavAlam =Kāvyālamkāra KurP =Kurma-purāna LatSS =Lātyāyana-srauta-sūtra. MBh or MahBh =Mahābhārata Maits =Maitrāyanı-samhita ManDS. =Mänava-dharma-sutra Manss = Mänava-srauta-sūtra MatP =Matsya-purāna ·102 ABBREVIATIONS w Merut MohM Mug B NarDS Panca Brah PanR PasNA RagV Rama RenM RY SahD SamsRM Samkss Sark SatBra Satss SidKaum SkanP Tait Brā Taits TithT @navSanh VaitsS VajSamh Vamp үр VarP. Visnu VisnuP Yajns =Meiu-tantra Moha-mudgara = Mugdha-bodha =Nārada-dharma-sūtra = Pancayımba-Brāhmana =Pañca-rātra =Pascātya-nırnayāmrta =Raghu-vamsa =Rāmāyana Renukā-māhātmya =Rg-veda =Sahitya-darpana =Samskära-ratna-mālā =Sankhyāyana-srauta-sūtra =Sarasvati-kanthabharana =Satapatha-Brāhmana =Satyāsādha-śrauta-sūtra =Siddhānta-kaumudi = Skanda-purāna =Taittiriya-Brāhmana =Tarttırīya-samhita =Tithi-tattva =Unavımsatı-samhıtā =Vaitāna-srauta-sutra =Vājasaney1-samhita =Vāmana-purāna =Vana Paivan =Vanāha-purāna =Visnu-samhıtā or smrti =Visnu-purāna =Yājñavalkaya-sambitā www w w w ·+ BIBLIOGRAPHY Abhidhāna-cintamani by Hemacandra Ācārya Ratnaprabhā by Vāsudeva Janardana Kaselakara Abhidhāna-cintāmanı-(Haima)-lośah Multzkamala-Jarna-mohana-mālā, No 21 Bombay, Nirnaya-sāgara Press, 1981 (1924) Agni-purāna Agni-purānam Srīyukta Pañcānana Tarkaratna sampādıta. Calcutta, Vangavāsī Press, 1907 Artareya Brāhmana ºtīkū by Sāyana Aitareya Brāhmana of the Rgveda with the commentary of Sãyana, ed by Pandita S Saması amı Bib Ind, NS, vol 134, 1935 Amara-hosa (also called Nāma-lingānuśāsana] by Amarasimha Amara-kosod ghatana by Ksīrasvā. See Nama-lingānuśāsana Amara-kosodghātana by Ksīrasvāmin See Nāma. lingānuśāsana (also called Amara-kosa) by Amarasimha A by K Amarasimha Amara-kosa Anekārtha-samgraha by Hemacandra The Anekārtha Samgraba of Ācārya Hemacandra Ed Jagannāth Sāstri Hoshing Sāhityopādhyāya Kasz Sanskrit Series, No 68 Benares, Vidyā-vilāsa Press, 1929 Anu-bhāsya See Brahma-sūti a Åpastamba-srauta-sutra orrttı by Rudradatta Bhatta The Srauta-sūtra of Āpastamba belonging to the Taittırīya sambitā with the commentary of min by ·104 BIBLIOGRAPHY Rudradatta, edited by Dr Richard Garbe Bibliotheca Indica, XCII 3 Vols Calcutta, Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1882-1920 Āsvalāyana-grhya-sūtia Asvalāyana-grhya-sūtra Ed by T Ganapati Sāstrī Trivandrum Sanskrit Series, No 78 Trivandrum, Government Press, 1923 Āśvalāyana-srauta-sütra ºtīhā by Gārgya Nārāyana. 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Varāha-purāna Atha Srimad-Varāha-mahā-purānam prārabhyate Bombay, Venkatesvara Press, 1902-3 Vīra-Kamparāya-carita See Madhurā-vijaya by Gangādevī Visnu-purāna Visnu-pulānam Sriyukta Pañcanana Tarkaratna sampādita 2nd ed Calcutta, Vangavāsī Press, 1331 (1924-25) Visnu-samhita Unayiinsatı-samhita (Visnu) Sii Pañcānanz Tarkaratna karttrka sampādita pp 25-121 1933-4 See Onavımsatz-samhita Visvanātha Kavırāja Sāhitya-darpana Vopadeva Mugdha-bodha Yājñavalhya-samhrtā Ūnavimśatı samhitā ( Yājñavallya ) Sri Pañcanana Tarkaratna karttrka sampadita pp 135-218 1903-4 See Ūnavımsatzsamhita some Full Bibliographical informations about Printed Books and MSS have been given in loco, and therefore, not repeated in the Bibliography ·GENERAL INDEX Abhidhāna cintamani, 5, 18 Balı, 51, 74 Abhimanyu, 52 Bāna, 83 Agnipurāna, 73 Bāppā Rāwal, 3 Aitareya-brāhmana, 18 Baudhāyana-dharma-sūtra, 38 Ajaya Simha, 6, 7 Baudhāyana-srauta-sūtra, 18, 26 Ajmir, 13 Bhagavanta bhāskara, 26 Akbar, 11, 12 Bhagavad-gitā, 14 Alla-o-dın, 5 Bhāgavata-purāna, 1, 36 Amara-kosa, 5, 8, 20, 23, 33, 35, Bhārata, 55 36, 41, 43 Bhatta Kamalähānta, 29 Amara-kosodghātana, 19 Bhatti-kāvya, 29 Amarasımha, 12, 14, 36 Bhavisya-purāna, 54, 55, 57, 60 Amarendra, son of, 52 62, 63, 68, 69, 72, 73, 74, 75 Ambar, 11, 12 76, 77, 78, 79, 82, 84 Anekārtha-samgraha, 20 Bhimasena, 54 Annals of Mewar, 2, 9 Bhimasimha, 5, 6, 7 Annals of Rajasthāna, Tod s, 2, 3, Bhujanga-prayāta, 46 5, 6,7 Bhuvanasımha, 5 Aniruddha, 83 Bhuvanesvara, 71 Anustubh, 1, 16, 23, 29, 30, 31, 39, Brahmā, 51, 77 2 Brahmāstra, 52 Apastamba-srauta-sūtra, 18, 26, Brahma-vaivarta-purana, 75 37 Brhaspati, 24 Arı Simba, 6, 7 Buddha, 75 Arjuna, 6, 55, 81 Cābuvāna, 32 Arjuna, tree, 76 Canda, 8 Āsvalāyana-grhya-sútra, 38 Candrakumārıkā, 38 Asvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra, 16, 26 Cakrāyudha, 52 Asvatthāmā, 52 Caturvarga-cintāmanı, 26, 37 Babar, 10 Cedi, 82 Balabhadra, 34 Chitor, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 Balarāma, 51, 75, 79, 80, 82 Chundano Rajputnee, 7 ·GENERAL INDEX 127 Crtrakūta, 24 Gurkhā, 7 Citralekhā, 83 Haldhighat, 12 Dalela Khān, 20 Hāmīra, 7 Daksinamurti, 24 Hamsi, 83 Dāna-darpana, 27 Hanūmamtiya, 29 Dāna-candrıkā, 26, 28, 29, 30, 37 Hari, 69, 71 Dāna-khanda, 26, 30, 37 Hārta, 2 Dāna-kriya-kaumudi, 26, 27, 29, Harı vamsa, 73, 76, 81 30, 37 Hayagrīva, 72 Dāna-mayukha, 26 Hayakantha, 72 Dāna-samgraha, 26, 29, 30 Hemādrı, 26 Dasaratha, 74 Hiranyāksa, 79 Devakī, 51 Hiranyakasıpu, 51 Devakumărıkā, 35, 38 India Office Library, 85 Devarama, 28 Indra, 78, 82 Dhananjaya, 53, 66, 67, 69, 70, 82 Indravajra, 2, 17, 31 Dinakara, 4, 25 Indra-yāga, 78 Divākara, 26 Jagatsimha, 12, 13 Draupadi, 83 Jaimini, 83 Druta-vilambita, 69 Jaiminiya Brāhmana, 26 Dvārakā, 82 Jains, 75 Dvärakā-māhātmya, Prabhāsa Jamadagni, 74 khanda, 83 Jāmbavān, 81 Dvärāvatipuri, 1 Jāmbavatī, 81 Ekalinga, 2 Jayasımha, 14 Gāndīva, 56 Jebangır, 12 Ganesa, 1, 25 Kadamba, tree, 78 Gāngeya, 53 Kalı, age, 75 Gauri, 1 Kālındı, 81 Gautama-dharma-sūtra, 38 Kālīya, 77 Gırīsa, 54, 83 Kalkı, 75 Gīta-govinda, 9 Kalkı-purāna, 73, 74, 75, 37 Gokula, 78 Kalpa dru-kosa, 20 Govardhana, mount, 78 Kamsa, 51 Govindānanda Kavikankana Kāntbajit, 19 Ācārya, 26 Karna, 13 ·118 GENERAL INDEX Katantra-parisista, 32 Mālınī, 15 Kathaka-sambitā, 18, 26, 37 Mānasimha, 11 Katyāyana-srauta-sūtra, 18, 26, Mandara, 72 29, 37 Mänava-srauta-sūtra, 18, 26, 38 Kāvyālamkāra, Vamana, 29 Mānava-dharma-sāstra, 29, 38 Kāvya-prakāsa, 28 Mangala, 24 Keiths Catalogue of Sanskrit Manu 38 MSS , 85 Marici, 51 Khāndava, 56 Marhatta, 7 Khoorum, 12 Marut, 56 Kırātārjunīya, 23 Marwar, 9, 11 Krsna, 50, 51 52, 53, 54, 57, 58, Matsya-purāna, 72, 74, 25, 35 66, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, Māyimoha, 75 83, 84, 85 Meru tantra, 72 Krsnapuri, 19 Mukunda, 57, 65 Ksetra Simba, 8 Nakula, 54 Kucela, 84 Nala, 76 Kumbha, 8 Nārada, 76 Kumbhalarna, 8, 9 Naraka, 82 Kūrma-purāna, 72 Nrga, well, 83 Kūvara, 76 Nrsimha, 73 Laksa Simha, 8 Narapāla, 4 Laksmana Simba, 6 Närada-dharma sāstra, 38 Laksmī, 61, 75 Nepāl, 7 Lātyāyana-srauta sūtra, 18, 26 Padma-purāna, 36 Madana, 78 Pañcajana, a demon, 51, 71 Madhuri-māhātmya, 79 Pāñcajanya, 51 Madhurāvijaya, authoress of the Pañcavimsa Brāhmana, 18, 26 31, an account of the, 32-34 Pāndavas, 52, 63 Mahā-bhārata, 74, 6 Parasurāma, 74 Mahomed Shah Lodi, 8 Pārtha, 52, 54, 55, 60 Mahendra, 62 Pāścātya-nirnavāmrta, 27 Mahīdhara, 26 Phālgunārjuna, 56 Maitrayānī-sambitā, 18, 26, 37 Phanindra, 62 Mālınī, 49, 59 Pradyumna 83 Mālapura, 13 Prajapati, 72 ·GENERAL INDEX 119 Prasenajit, 81 Rukmini, 80 Pratāpa Rāva, 33 Sabalasimha, 357 Pratāpasimha, 11 Sabhā-parvan, 51, 83 Pithvī, 84 Sacī, 78 Prthvimalla, 5 Sāgara, 6 Pundarika, 26 Sāgarajī, 11 Puspitāgrā, 23, 60, 68 Sahadeva, 54, 82 Purbez, 12 Sāhapura, 15 Putana, 76 Sakata, demon, 76 Raemul, 10 Saktasimha, 12 Raghunandana 27 Sakrasuta, 56 Raghunăthābhyudaya, an account Sālva, 82 of the, 41-42, subject-matter Samgrāma Rāva, 33 of the, 42ff Samgrāmasımha, of Mewar, 10, Raghu-vansa, 1 7,60 17 13, 25, 33, 38, 40 Rābappa, 3 Samskāra-ratna-mālā, 3, 7 Rajput, 3,7 Sanatkumāra, 63 Rājasımha, 13 Sandīpani, 51 Rājasūya, 82 Sanjaya, 72, 78 Ramā, 71 Sankhāyana-srauta-sūtra, 18, 26 Rāma, 4, 3, 54, 74 Santānagopāla-kāvya, an account Rāmabhadrāmbā, 41ff of the, 27-29, critical estimate Rāmacandra, 34 of the, 29-30 Ramanaka, island, 77 Santi-parva, 74 Rāmāyana, 74 Sārdūla-vikridita, 24, 25, 29, 84 Rāmāyana-kāvya, an account of Sasvata-kosa, 20 the authoress of the, 37-39, Satapatha Brāhmana, 18, 26, 72 subject-matter of the, 39-41 Satrājit, 81 Rāsa, 78 Satyāsādha-srauta-sūtra, 37 Rathoddhatā, 1, 24, 26, 30, 44 Satyabhāmā, 81 Ratna, 10 Selim, 12 Rävala, 3 Shah Jehan, 12 Rāvasimha, 20 Siddhānta-kaumudi, 28, 32, 33, 42,65 Rāyamalla, 9 Sikharınī, 85 Rg-veda, 37 Sisudia, 11 Rukmin, 80, 82 Sisupāla, 80, 32 ·120 GENERAL INDEX 2 Siva, 24, 83 Vaijayanti, also called Jayanti, Sivāji, 7 wife of Kisnanitha Sārva- Skanda-purāna, 23, 74, 83 bhauma, 35, joint authorship Sloba, 5, 27 of the Ananda-latıkā, some Somasarman, 83 times attributed to, 35 ft Srinivasa, 39 Vājasaneyi-samliitā, 18, 26 Srisärama, 38 Vaitāna-sutra, 18, 26 Srivatsa, 62 Vīmana, 29, 74 Sudāsa, 84 Vāmana-purāna, 71 Sujanasımha, 7 Vaisa-sthavıla, 18 Sukhananda, 25 Vanavīra, 10 Sukharāma, 18 Vana-paivan, 56, 72, 74 Sundarī, 5 Varāha-purāna, 79 Surajmall, 10 Vai adāmbikā-parınaya-campū, Sürya, 77 authors of the, 55f an account Syamantaka, 81 of the, 56ff Taittiriya Brāhmana, 18, 26, 37 Varasadvilāsa, 15 Taittiriya-samhitā, 18, 26 Vasanta-tılaka, 1, 49, 85, 44 Tirumalāmbā, authoress of the Vāsava, 78 Varadāmbikā-paiınaya-campū, Vāsudeva, 50, 59, 63 55ff Vāta, demon, 76 Tithi-tattva, 27 Vedas, 72 Tod, Annals of Rajasthan, 2, 6 Vihārıdāsa, 22 Udaya, 10 Vikramajit, 10 Udayapura, 11 Visnu, 38, 61, 65, 72, 73, 75, 31 Udayasimha, 9, 11 Visnu-purāna, 73, 74, 75 Onavımsatı-samhitā, 38 Viyogini, 5 Upajātı, 2, 17, 31, 60 Yadu, 3 Upendravajrā, 2, 17, 30, 60 Yadupatı, 70 ūrnā, 51 Yadus, 52, 54, 76, 83 Usā, 83 Yadu-vamsa, 50, 54 Uttara, 52 Yama, 51, 56, 79 Vaidyanātha-prāsāda-prasasti, Yamala, tree, 76 authorship of the, 11-14, sub- Yamunā, 77, . 78 ject-matter of the, 15-22, cri- Yaśahkarna, 4 tical remarks about the, 23-26 ·Some wrong readings of the MS of the Santānagopāla as corrected. Readings of this edition Page Verse Readings as found in the MS of the Santāna-gopala जदयात् शौर्यात् कराठीरवात् इत्यूचिषोऽस्य न तनु भोग-भोग जायते जह्या शौर्यात् कराठीरवान् इत्यूचुषोऽस्य स्वतनु भोग-योग ज्ञायते क्षणमभूत् अघमहो जघान स्बनमोहित निरवधीरववी दिष्टान्त 53 53 53 54 57 58 58 70 71 74 78 79 84 16 (d) 19(e) 19 (d) 20 (a) 37 (e) 39(b) 39 (d) 5 (c) 14 (c) 23 (e) 54 (a) 36(d) 47 (c) क्षणमथत् अयमहो जघन्य स्वमोहित निरबधीबधी० दृष्टान्त CORRECTIONS For read कारित कृत p 16 46 colophon 41, 42, etc 121, 123, etc. 81f

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