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Govardhana was the author of the well-known
Āryāsaptas'atī or a collection of sever hundred verses-all
the Arya metre. Verse 39 of the book is supposed
to have reference to Lakṣmaṇasena. Jayadeva is famous
through his renowned work the Gitagovinda. The identifi-
cation of this Jayadeva with a poet of the same name who
was the author of the drama-Prasannarāghava has been
proved to be untenable."
Style of Dhoyi: -
In one short stanza Jayadeva seeks to give an account of
the styles of his contemporaries. It is supposed by the commentary
Rasamañjarī of the Gitagovinda to have been composed by
Jayadeva with a view to point out the flaws in the styles
of his contemporary poets and to establish his own superiority
over them. He thus finds fault with Umapatidhara on account
of verbosity in his style. Umapatidhara's poem-technically
known as Chitrakāvya-does not delight the learned, being
devoid of sweet words and of any Guna either pertaining
to a word or its meaning. S'arana is renowned for his power
of swiftly composing poems which are not easily intelligible.
Govardhana has no parallel in erotic compositions. But as
he has no skill in other kinds of compositions he can not
be deemed a great poet. And Dhoyi who is a S'rutidhara
(i. e. he who can remember whatever he hears) has
his fame on account of this great quality which does not
1. It runs as follows:-
2.
p. 38-9.
सकलकलाः कलयितुं प्रभुः प्रबन्धस्य व मुदबन्धोष ।
सेनकुलतिलकभूपतिरेको राकाप्रदोषश्च ॥
Peterson Introduction to his edition of Subhasitavali-
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[9]
Govardhana was the author of the well-known
Āryāsaptas'atī or a collection of sever hundred verses-all
the Arya metre. Verse 39 of the book is supposed
to have reference to Lakṣmaṇasena. Jayadeva is famous
through his renowned work the Gitagovinda. The identifi-
cation of this Jayadeva with a poet of the same name who
was the author of the drama-Prasannarāghava has been
proved to be untenable."
Style of Dhoyi: -
In one short stanza Jayadeva seeks to give an account of
the styles of his contemporaries. It is supposed by the commentary
Rasamañjarī of the Gitagovinda to have been composed by
Jayadeva with a view to point out the flaws in the styles
of his contemporary poets and to establish his own superiority
over them. He thus finds fault with Umapatidhara on account
of verbosity in his style. Umapatidhara's poem-technically
known as Chitrakāvya-does not delight the learned, being
devoid of sweet words and of any Guna either pertaining
to a word or its meaning. S'arana is renowned for his power
of swiftly composing poems which are not easily intelligible.
Govardhana has no parallel in erotic compositions. But as
he has no skill in other kinds of compositions he can not
be deemed a great poet. And Dhoyi who is a S'rutidhara
(i. e. he who can remember whatever he hears) has
his fame on account of this great quality which does not
1. It runs as follows:-
2.
p. 38-9.
सकलकलाः कलयितुं प्रभुः प्रबन्धस्य व मुदबन्धोष ।
सेनकुलतिलकभूपतिरेको राकाप्रदोषश्च ॥
Peterson Introduction to his edition of Subhasitavali-
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