पवनदूतम् /12
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But this identification does not seem to be based on streng
grounds as the author of that poem wrote under the Kādamba
King Virakāmadeva and not Lakṣmaṇasenat
know from his own statement."
as we come to
As regards the date of Dhoyi it is not possible to ascer
tain it with any amount of certainty. We only know that he
poet at the court of Lakṣmaṇasena, about the time of
whose rule there is considerable difference of opinion. This
much is admitted on all hands that he came to the throne.
in the 12th century either in the first half or second.
Thus our poet also flourished in the 12th century. And we
know the upper limit of the age of our poet as verses
attributed to him are found in the Saduktikarṇāmrta (which
was composed in S. E. 1127 or 1205 A. D), in Jalhana's
Subhāṣitamuktavali (middle of 13th century) and also in
the Sarngadharapaddhati (11th century).
Caste of Dhoyi :-
About the personal history of Dhoyi we know that he
was a court-poet of King Lakṣmaṇasena whom he
celebrated in his Pavanaduta. But we know very
little about the place from which he hailed. It is also very
difficult to determine the caste of the poet. Two most diverg
ent views are held in this matter viz. (1)that he was a Brahmin
(2) that he was a Bengali Vaidya or member of the physician
caste.
We have it from the pen of Mahamahopadhyaya
Haraprasada S'astri that "the genealogies point him (i.e.
Dhoyi) out to be a Ridhiya Brahmaṇa of Paladhi gāñi and
1. इति श्रौहलधर गौप्रसूतकादम्ब कुलतिलक चक्र वर्त्तिवोर कामदेवप्रोत्साहित कविराज-
विरचिते राघवपाण्डवीये - Colophon to Raghavapandaviya.
But this identification does not seem to be based on streng
grounds as the author of that poem wrote under the Kādamba
King Virakāmadeva and not Lakṣmaṇasenat
know from his own statement."
as we come to
As regards the date of Dhoyi it is not possible to ascer
tain it with any amount of certainty. We only know that he
poet at the court of Lakṣmaṇasena, about the time of
whose rule there is considerable difference of opinion. This
much is admitted on all hands that he came to the throne.
in the 12th century either in the first half or second.
Thus our poet also flourished in the 12th century. And we
know the upper limit of the age of our poet as verses
attributed to him are found in the Saduktikarṇāmrta (which
was composed in S. E. 1127 or 1205 A. D), in Jalhana's
Subhāṣitamuktavali (middle of 13th century) and also in
the Sarngadharapaddhati (11th century).
Caste of Dhoyi :-
About the personal history of Dhoyi we know that he
was a court-poet of King Lakṣmaṇasena whom he
celebrated in his Pavanaduta. But we know very
little about the place from which he hailed. It is also very
difficult to determine the caste of the poet. Two most diverg
ent views are held in this matter viz. (1)that he was a Brahmin
(2) that he was a Bengali Vaidya or member of the physician
caste.
We have it from the pen of Mahamahopadhyaya
Haraprasada S'astri that "the genealogies point him (i.e.
Dhoyi) out to be a Ridhiya Brahmaṇa of Paladhi gāñi and
1. इति श्रौहलधर गौप्रसूतकादम्ब कुलतिलक चक्र वर्त्तिवोर कामदेवप्रोत्साहित कविराज-
विरचिते राघवपाण्डवीये - Colophon to Raghavapandaviya.