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But no work of Dhoyi is referred to in any of these antho-
logies. Neither is it possible to determine if the verses
referred to above which are not found in the Pavanaduta did
form part of any other work or works composed by him. But
it is possible that his words viz. वाक्सन्दर्भाः कतिचिद अमृतस्यन्दिनो
fafara (Pavanaduta, v. 104) has a covert hint to several
works composed by him. In these circumstances we can only
surmise from this statement of the poet and the verses
attributed to him in the anthologies as also from his title of
Kaviraja that he possibly had composed more
of which only the Pavanaduta is available at present.
Contemporaries of Dhoyi .-
works than one
Dhoyi flourished among a galaxy of scholars so that
the time when he livel is justly regarded as 'the Augustan
period of Sanskrit literature in Bengal." It has already been
pointed out that he was a poet at the court of king
Lakṣmaṇasena who himself was a poet and a great patron
of learning. Several verses ascribed to the king are met
with in the Saduktikarṇāmrta. His court was frequented by
scholars of all types. Jayadeva in his Gitagovinda refers to some
of these scholars viz.Umapatidhara, Jayadeva himself, S'araṇa,
Govardhana and Dhoyi. We know also that these five formed
the 'five jewels' of his court. King Kumbha in his commentary
on the Gitagovinda is inclined to find reference, in this verse,
to a sixth scholar S'rutidhara. But the word S'rutidhara
1. Manomohan Chakravarti in his illuminating paper Sanskrit
literature in Bengal during the Sena period (J. A. S. B.-1906-
p. 157 ff.) deals with the literary history of the period in some
details.
2. Vide Kumbha's commentary on Gitagovinda I. 4.
But no work of Dhoyi is referred to in any of these antho-
logies. Neither is it possible to determine if the verses
referred to above which are not found in the Pavanaduta did
form part of any other work or works composed by him. But
it is possible that his words viz. वाक्सन्दर्भाः कतिचिद अमृतस्यन्दिनो
fafara (Pavanaduta, v. 104) has a covert hint to several
works composed by him. In these circumstances we can only
surmise from this statement of the poet and the verses
attributed to him in the anthologies as also from his title of
Kaviraja that he possibly had composed more
of which only the Pavanaduta is available at present.
Contemporaries of Dhoyi .-
works than one
Dhoyi flourished among a galaxy of scholars so that
the time when he livel is justly regarded as 'the Augustan
period of Sanskrit literature in Bengal." It has already been
pointed out that he was a poet at the court of king
Lakṣmaṇasena who himself was a poet and a great patron
of learning. Several verses ascribed to the king are met
with in the Saduktikarṇāmrta. His court was frequented by
scholars of all types. Jayadeva in his Gitagovinda refers to some
of these scholars viz.Umapatidhara, Jayadeva himself, S'araṇa,
Govardhana and Dhoyi. We know also that these five formed
the 'five jewels' of his court. King Kumbha in his commentary
on the Gitagovinda is inclined to find reference, in this verse,
to a sixth scholar S'rutidhara. But the word S'rutidhara
1. Manomohan Chakravarti in his illuminating paper Sanskrit
literature in Bengal during the Sena period (J. A. S. B.-1906-
p. 157 ff.) deals with the literary history of the period in some
details.
2. Vide Kumbha's commentary on Gitagovinda I. 4.