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which obviously contained the praise of both the king
and God Narasimha. Struck by the sweetness of the
verse, the king asked him about its author and the
gandharva replied as follows:-
"In the north-western parts there is a place called
Anandapura peopled by great Brahmins. A Brahmin
family belonging to Kausikagotra and proficient in
Vyakarana and Mantrasastra migrated from there to
Acalapura, a city founded by Müladeva near Nasik. In
this family was born one Narayanasvamin who performed
many sacrifices and attained great renown, and to him
was born a son named Damodara. This Damodara,
through the influence of the great poet Bharavi,
became the friend of Prince Visnuvardhana.* Once
Damodara accompanied Visnuvardhana during a hunting
*Sri M. R. Kavi identifies Damodara with Bharavi in his
Introduction to the Avantisundarikathāsāra. This view seems to
he based on the verse,
'स मेधावी कविर्विद्वान् भारविः प्रभ (वं )बो गिराम् ।
अनुरुद्ध्याकरोन्मैत्री नरेन्द्रे विष्णुवर्धनी (ने) ॥' (I. 23 )
in the work, where the Editor has taken at to be the
correct reading in consonance with the other words in the
fan in the first half of the verse and not as seen in the
manuscript. The Ms. of the work in the Travancore University
Mss. Library (No. C. O. 1688), reads it as a f. This
otherwise, the word
must be taken as the correct reading, as
cannot be connected with any other
word. The passage
66
'यतः कौशिककुमारो महाशैवं महाप्रभावं गवां प्रभवं प्रदीप्तभासं भारवि रवि-
मिवेन्दुरनुरुज्य दर्श इव पुण्यकर्मणि विष्णुवर्धन। ख्ये राजसूनौ प्रणयमम्वबन्नात् । " (p. 10 )
and God Narasimha. Struck by the sweetness of the
verse, the king asked him about its author and the
gandharva replied as follows:-
"In the north-western parts there is a place called
Anandapura peopled by great Brahmins. A Brahmin
family belonging to Kausikagotra and proficient in
Vyakarana and Mantrasastra migrated from there to
Acalapura, a city founded by Müladeva near Nasik. In
this family was born one Narayanasvamin who performed
many sacrifices and attained great renown, and to him
was born a son named Damodara. This Damodara,
through the influence of the great poet Bharavi,
became the friend of Prince Visnuvardhana.* Once
Damodara accompanied Visnuvardhana during a hunting
*Sri M. R. Kavi identifies Damodara with Bharavi in his
Introduction to the Avantisundarikathāsāra. This view seems to
he based on the verse,
'स मेधावी कविर्विद्वान् भारविः प्रभ (वं )बो गिराम् ।
अनुरुद्ध्याकरोन्मैत्री नरेन्द्रे विष्णुवर्धनी (ने) ॥' (I. 23 )
in the work, where the Editor has taken at to be the
correct reading in consonance with the other words in the
fan in the first half of the verse and not as seen in the
manuscript. The Ms. of the work in the Travancore University
Mss. Library (No. C. O. 1688), reads it as a f. This
otherwise, the word
must be taken as the correct reading, as
cannot be connected with any other
word. The passage
66
'यतः कौशिककुमारो महाशैवं महाप्रभावं गवां प्रभवं प्रदीप्तभासं भारवि रवि-
मिवेन्दुरनुरुज्य दर्श इव पुण्यकर्मणि विष्णुवर्धन। ख्ये राजसूनौ प्रणयमम्वबन्नात् । " (p. 10 )