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INTRODUCTION
her own, has yet the mark of the new literary move-
ment inaugurated by Kriyasakti and Agastya. While
Ganga Dēvi stops with paying fitting tributes to each of
the other poets, she acknowledges Visvanātha explicitly
as her guru. Describing him as Kavisvara she prays
for his longevity. She says, "it is by his grace, even in
individuals like myself has dawned a sense of
omniscience" ¹7
17
18
20
Gangā Dēvi was a connoisseur of true poetry. In
the galaxy she has supplied only the most famous find
a place. As a poet herself she has freely imitated the
most eminent writers of Samskrit poetry. She would
consider it a merit of good poetry that it is an imitation
of Kalidasa.¹8 Playing the sedulous ape to master minds,
according to her, is no fault. Being a biographer first
and then only a poet, her literary "borrowings" do not
affect the work in any way.
5
17. Ibid., canto 1 sloka 16.
18. Ibid., canto 1.
19. Ibid., canto 1 slokas 17 to 24.
According to her it is not possible to find a poetical
work in which all the best ingredients are present. But
that cannot be an excuse for serious literary flaws. A
man of learning will not be satisfied if a poem merely
conformed to the techniques of poetical composi-
tion though the technique is as important as the beauty
of any piece of poetry. Eloquence, depth of meaning,
wealth of expression and learning and a power to
affect are among the qualities that a true connoisseur
of poetry will look for in any poem. But Gangā Dēvi
does not mean to be hypercritical. 1⁹
her own, has yet the mark of the new literary move-
ment inaugurated by Kriyasakti and Agastya. While
Ganga Dēvi stops with paying fitting tributes to each of
the other poets, she acknowledges Visvanātha explicitly
as her guru. Describing him as Kavisvara she prays
for his longevity. She says, "it is by his grace, even in
individuals like myself has dawned a sense of
omniscience" ¹7
17
18
20
Gangā Dēvi was a connoisseur of true poetry. In
the galaxy she has supplied only the most famous find
a place. As a poet herself she has freely imitated the
most eminent writers of Samskrit poetry. She would
consider it a merit of good poetry that it is an imitation
of Kalidasa.¹8 Playing the sedulous ape to master minds,
according to her, is no fault. Being a biographer first
and then only a poet, her literary "borrowings" do not
affect the work in any way.
5
17. Ibid., canto 1 sloka 16.
18. Ibid., canto 1.
19. Ibid., canto 1 slokas 17 to 24.
According to her it is not possible to find a poetical
work in which all the best ingredients are present. But
that cannot be an excuse for serious literary flaws. A
man of learning will not be satisfied if a poem merely
conformed to the techniques of poetical composi-
tion though the technique is as important as the beauty
of any piece of poetry. Eloquence, depth of meaning,
wealth of expression and learning and a power to
affect are among the qualities that a true connoisseur
of poetry will look for in any poem. But Gangā Dēvi
does not mean to be hypercritical. 1⁹