पवनदूतम् /11
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tion is supported by the fact that Dhoyi had the title Kavirāja.
Thus Jayadeva in the verse of the Gitagovinda already
mentioned refers to him as धोयौक विमापतिः which means
nothing but atafata. Dhoyi himself refers to this title
in the colophon to his Pavanaduta which runs fa atatatafacia.
facfaa etc. etc. In verse 101 of his Pavanaduta he calls
himself कविता भृतां चक्रवर्ती which is a synonym of कविराजचक्रवर्ती.
The same title also is probably referred to by the word
Kavinarapati in verse 102. Hence it seems reasonable to
conclude that Kaviraja in the above couplet refers to Dhoyi
Kaviraja, for the practice of referring to a scholar by his
title alone is not unknown or rare in India. Even great kings
are sometimes found to be referred to not by their proper
names but by their epithets. Thus king As'oka in all his ins-
criptions but one refers to himself as Priyadars'i-his favourite
epithet. And this kind of frequent use of the epithet to the
negligence of the proper names has been responsible, in some
cases, for the entire forgetting of the proper name by later day
people. Thus the son of Govinda III of the Rāştrakuta
family of Manyakheta is known to us from all documents so
far obtained only by his epithets such as Amogha-varsa etc.
Of scholars known by their titles we may cite the example of
Jagannatha, author of the Rasagangadhara, who is generally
known by his title of Panditarāja. The proper name of the
founder of the Vais'eşika system of philosophy is yet unknown
he being generally known by his various epithets Kaṇāda,
Aulukya etc.
Some scholars however are inclined to identify K virāja
with the celebrated author of the Raghava-Päṇḍaviya."
.
1. Bhasavetti (Varendra Research Society)-Introduction p. 6.
tion is supported by the fact that Dhoyi had the title Kavirāja.
Thus Jayadeva in the verse of the Gitagovinda already
mentioned refers to him as धोयौक विमापतिः which means
nothing but atafata. Dhoyi himself refers to this title
in the colophon to his Pavanaduta which runs fa atatatafacia.
facfaa etc. etc. In verse 101 of his Pavanaduta he calls
himself कविता भृतां चक्रवर्ती which is a synonym of कविराजचक्रवर्ती.
The same title also is probably referred to by the word
Kavinarapati in verse 102. Hence it seems reasonable to
conclude that Kaviraja in the above couplet refers to Dhoyi
Kaviraja, for the practice of referring to a scholar by his
title alone is not unknown or rare in India. Even great kings
are sometimes found to be referred to not by their proper
names but by their epithets. Thus king As'oka in all his ins-
criptions but one refers to himself as Priyadars'i-his favourite
epithet. And this kind of frequent use of the epithet to the
negligence of the proper names has been responsible, in some
cases, for the entire forgetting of the proper name by later day
people. Thus the son of Govinda III of the Rāştrakuta
family of Manyakheta is known to us from all documents so
far obtained only by his epithets such as Amogha-varsa etc.
Of scholars known by their titles we may cite the example of
Jagannatha, author of the Rasagangadhara, who is generally
known by his title of Panditarāja. The proper name of the
founder of the Vais'eşika system of philosophy is yet unknown
he being generally known by his various epithets Kaṇāda,
Aulukya etc.
Some scholars however are inclined to identify K virāja
with the celebrated author of the Raghava-Päṇḍaviya."
.
1. Bhasavetti (Varendra Research Society)-Introduction p. 6.