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GENERAL INTRODUCTION
THE STANZA ASCRIBED TO RAJASEKHARA, 900 A.D.¹
darpam kavibhujanganam gata śravanagocaram
vişavidyeva mayûrî mâyürī vāñ nikṛntati
The voice of Mayūra, when it reaches the range of hearing,
destroys the conceit> of poets,
As Mayūra's knowledge of poison destroys the <pride > of snakes.'
THE STANZA ASCRIBED TO VĀMANABHATTABĀNA, 1441 A.D.³
pratikavibhedanabāṇaḥ kavitätarugahanaviharaṇamayūraḥ
sahrdayalokasubandhur jayati śrībhaṭṭabāṇakavirājaḥs
'An arrow (Bāṇa) for piercing hostile poets, a peacock (Mayūra) for
wandering through the forest of the trees of poetry,
A goodly kinsman (Subandhu) for all connoisseurs, is the noble Bhatta-
bāna, king of poets. Glory to him!'
THE STANZA OF JAYADEVA, 1500-1577 A.D.*
yasyaś coraś cikuranikaraḥ karnapuro mayūro
bhaso hasaḥ kavikulaguruḥ kalidāso vilasaḥ
harşo harşo hrdayavasatiḥ pañcabāṇaś ca bāṇaḥ
keşām nāişā kathaya kavitākāmini kautukäya5
referring to Mayūra, from the Subhasitaratnakośa, giving as authority
Bhandarkar, Report on the Search for Skt. MSS, 1883-1884, p. 360; cf.
Ettinghausen, Harşa Vardhana, p. 124, notes 2-3. For other stanzas attrib-
uted to Trilocana, see the list given by Thomas, in his edition of the
Kavindravacanasamuccaya, introd., p. 42, Calcutta, 1912.
1 For the date of Rajasekhara the dramatist, and for the ascription to
him of this stanza, see above, p. 5, note 1.
The date of this author is given by Krishnamacharya, Sanskrit Litera-
ture, p. 104. Krishnamacharya also states (loc. cit.) that Vāmana prob-
ably received the cognomen of Bāņa because his work, the Viranarayana-
carita, was modeled on Bana's Harşacarita. He is sometimes called
Abhinavabhaṭṭabāṇa, 'the modern Bhaṭṭabāṇa,' to distinguish him from
his more illustrious namesake, Mayūra's rival.
8 I cite this stanza from L. H. Gray's Vasavadatta (introd., p. 5, New
York, 1913). Dr. Gray refers it to the Viranārāyaṇacarita of Bhaṭṭabāṇa,
on the authority of Krishnamachariar's edition of the Vasavadatta (introd.,
p. 41, Srirangam, 1906-1908).
This date for Jayadeva is given by Paranjpe and Panse, in the intro-
duction (p. 7-11) of their edition of Jayadeva's Prasannaraghava, Poona,
1894; cf. Krishnamacharya, Sanskrit Literature, p. 108.
5 This stanza is found in Jayadeva's Prasannaraghava, act. 1, stanza
22; cf. edition by Parab, Bombay, 1893, and that by Paranjpe and Panse,
Poona, 1894. It is quoted by Aufrecht (Catal. Cod. Skt. Bibl. Bodl., p.
142, a), by the Subhasitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra (p. 56, stanza 67), and by Etting-
hausen (Harşa Vardhana, p. 99, note 1).
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
THE STANZA ASCRIBED TO RAJASEKHARA, 900 A.D.¹
darpam kavibhujanganam gata śravanagocaram
vişavidyeva mayûrî mâyürī vāñ nikṛntati
The voice of Mayūra, when it reaches the range of hearing,
destroys the conceit> of poets,
As Mayūra's knowledge of poison destroys the <pride > of snakes.'
THE STANZA ASCRIBED TO VĀMANABHATTABĀNA, 1441 A.D.³
pratikavibhedanabāṇaḥ kavitätarugahanaviharaṇamayūraḥ
sahrdayalokasubandhur jayati śrībhaṭṭabāṇakavirājaḥs
'An arrow (Bāṇa) for piercing hostile poets, a peacock (Mayūra) for
wandering through the forest of the trees of poetry,
A goodly kinsman (Subandhu) for all connoisseurs, is the noble Bhatta-
bāna, king of poets. Glory to him!'
THE STANZA OF JAYADEVA, 1500-1577 A.D.*
yasyaś coraś cikuranikaraḥ karnapuro mayūro
bhaso hasaḥ kavikulaguruḥ kalidāso vilasaḥ
harşo harşo hrdayavasatiḥ pañcabāṇaś ca bāṇaḥ
keşām nāişā kathaya kavitākāmini kautukäya5
referring to Mayūra, from the Subhasitaratnakośa, giving as authority
Bhandarkar, Report on the Search for Skt. MSS, 1883-1884, p. 360; cf.
Ettinghausen, Harşa Vardhana, p. 124, notes 2-3. For other stanzas attrib-
uted to Trilocana, see the list given by Thomas, in his edition of the
Kavindravacanasamuccaya, introd., p. 42, Calcutta, 1912.
1 For the date of Rajasekhara the dramatist, and for the ascription to
him of this stanza, see above, p. 5, note 1.
The date of this author is given by Krishnamacharya, Sanskrit Litera-
ture, p. 104. Krishnamacharya also states (loc. cit.) that Vāmana prob-
ably received the cognomen of Bāņa because his work, the Viranarayana-
carita, was modeled on Bana's Harşacarita. He is sometimes called
Abhinavabhaṭṭabāṇa, 'the modern Bhaṭṭabāṇa,' to distinguish him from
his more illustrious namesake, Mayūra's rival.
8 I cite this stanza from L. H. Gray's Vasavadatta (introd., p. 5, New
York, 1913). Dr. Gray refers it to the Viranārāyaṇacarita of Bhaṭṭabāṇa,
on the authority of Krishnamachariar's edition of the Vasavadatta (introd.,
p. 41, Srirangam, 1906-1908).
This date for Jayadeva is given by Paranjpe and Panse, in the intro-
duction (p. 7-11) of their edition of Jayadeva's Prasannaraghava, Poona,
1894; cf. Krishnamacharya, Sanskrit Literature, p. 108.
5 This stanza is found in Jayadeva's Prasannaraghava, act. 1, stanza
22; cf. edition by Parab, Bombay, 1893, and that by Paranjpe and Panse,
Poona, 1894. It is quoted by Aufrecht (Catal. Cod. Skt. Bibl. Bodl., p.
142, a), by the Subhasitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra (p. 56, stanza 67), and by Etting-
hausen (Harşa Vardhana, p. 99, note 1).