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was walking alone at night through the city, and overheard a
väisya saying to his wife:-
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
käiścit stotraparāyaṇāir mayürādikavibhir mahimanam prapito bhojaḥ¹
'Bhoja attains greatness by [the help of] certain poets, Mayura and
others, who are engaged in praising him.'
In another passage we read that Kālidāsa is disobedient, but
Mayura obeys:-
tataḥ kadacid raja vidvadvyndam nirgatam kalidasam ca 'navaratave-
fyalampatam jñatva vyacintayat-ahaha bāṇamayuraprabhṛtayo madiyam
ajñām vyadadhuḥ । ayam ca veśyālampaṭataya mamā "jñām nā "driyate ।
kim kurmaḥ itia
'Then once on a time, the king, noticing the assembled crowd of savants,
and [knowing] that Kālidāsa was constantly lustful after courtezans, pon-
dered: "Ah, Bāṇa, Mayura and the others have performed my command;
but this (Kälidāsa), because of his lustfulness for courtezans, does not
heed my command. What shall I do?"
Elsewhere we are told that another poet is admitted to the
court:-
tataḥ kadacit simhasanam alamkurvane śribhoje kalidasa-bhavabhūti-
dandi-bana-mayüra-vararuci-prabhṛtikavitilakakulalamkṛtāyām sabhāyām
dvarapala etya "has
'Then once on a time, when the illustrious Bhoja was ornamenting his
lion-throne, and when the court was adorned by the assemblage of poet-
ornaments, at whose head were Kālidāsa, Bhavabhūti, Daṇḍin, Bāṇa,
Mayura and Vararuci, the door-keeper, entering, said':-
Then follows the usual story of a poet being introduced, recit-
ing verses, and receiving gifts.
This completes the references to Mayura in the Bhoja-
prabandha.
COMMENT ON THE BHOJAPRABANDHA
Bhoja not a contemporary of Mayūra. Having, with the
help of the Bhojaprabandha, fixed the personality of the Bhoja
mentioned in our Jaina tale, we are next face to face with the
1 Parab's 2d edition, p. 38.
2 Parab's 2d edition, p. 62.
s Parab's 2d edition, p. 78.
was walking alone at night through the city, and overheard a
väisya saying to his wife:-
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
käiścit stotraparāyaṇāir mayürādikavibhir mahimanam prapito bhojaḥ¹
'Bhoja attains greatness by [the help of] certain poets, Mayura and
others, who are engaged in praising him.'
In another passage we read that Kālidāsa is disobedient, but
Mayura obeys:-
tataḥ kadacid raja vidvadvyndam nirgatam kalidasam ca 'navaratave-
fyalampatam jñatva vyacintayat-ahaha bāṇamayuraprabhṛtayo madiyam
ajñām vyadadhuḥ । ayam ca veśyālampaṭataya mamā "jñām nā "driyate ।
kim kurmaḥ itia
'Then once on a time, the king, noticing the assembled crowd of savants,
and [knowing] that Kālidāsa was constantly lustful after courtezans, pon-
dered: "Ah, Bāṇa, Mayura and the others have performed my command;
but this (Kälidāsa), because of his lustfulness for courtezans, does not
heed my command. What shall I do?"
Elsewhere we are told that another poet is admitted to the
court:-
tataḥ kadacit simhasanam alamkurvane śribhoje kalidasa-bhavabhūti-
dandi-bana-mayüra-vararuci-prabhṛtikavitilakakulalamkṛtāyām sabhāyām
dvarapala etya "has
'Then once on a time, when the illustrious Bhoja was ornamenting his
lion-throne, and when the court was adorned by the assemblage of poet-
ornaments, at whose head were Kālidāsa, Bhavabhūti, Daṇḍin, Bāṇa,
Mayura and Vararuci, the door-keeper, entering, said':-
Then follows the usual story of a poet being introduced, recit-
ing verses, and receiving gifts.
This completes the references to Mayura in the Bhoja-
prabandha.
COMMENT ON THE BHOJAPRABANDHA
Bhoja not a contemporary of Mayūra. Having, with the
help of the Bhojaprabandha, fixed the personality of the Bhoja
mentioned in our Jaina tale, we are next face to face with the
1 Parab's 2d edition, p. 38.
2 Parab's 2d edition, p. 62.
s Parab's 2d edition, p. 78.