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ते मेघमुक्तमपि न स्तुवते सुधांशु तेषां मनो न रमते मकरध्वजेऽपि ।
सर्वारिवीरविजयप्रसृतप्रशस्तिः श्रीहारवर्षजगतीपतिरीक्षितो यैः ॥ XXVI
प्रतिनृपसुरमौलिरत्नराजीराचराचरप्रसवार्पिताङ्घ्रिपूजः ।
कृतसदृशनुतिर्महाकवीन्द्रैः जयति चिरं युवराजमेदिनीन्द्रः ॥ XXIX
निर्मत्सरः कविरपि प्रभुरण्यवामः कान्तोऽप्यरूढसुभगत्वमदप्रमीलः ।
अत्युग्रशौर्यरभसोऽयकठोरवादी पृथ्वीपतिर्जयति विक्रमशीलजन्मा ॥ XXIX
त्यागस्य पात्रमियमल्पतरा त्रिलोकी को विक्रमस्य कणिकामपि संसहेत ।
शास्त्राणि कानि सुबहून्यपि हारवर्षक्षोणीपतेरतिपटुप्रतिभागुणस्य ॥ XXXI.
Now let
us take up the question of the time of Abhinanda and Hâra-
varsa and make an attempt to identify the latter. The
testimony of Soddhala, as has been shown already, leads
us to believe that Abhinanda and his patron king Yuvarâja
were already famous in 1000 A. D. He actually compares
Abhinanda with such famous authors as Bâna and Kâlidása
who preceded him'. On the other hand, on the authority
of Abhinanda, we have to assign Hâravarşa to a period later than that
of Dharmapala the second king of the Pala Dynasty2. As Dharmapâla ruled
upto the first quarter of the 3th. century, this fixes the earliest limit for
the time of Abhinanda and Hâravarşa, while the latest limit of their time
is fixed by Soddhala (circa 1000 A. D.). During this time we find only four
names of kings in the Pâla Dynasty renowned for their valour and patronage
to Sanskrit learning. These are: 1 Deva pâla, 2 Vigrahapala, 3 Nārāyaṇa-
pala and 4 Mahipala I. Two Yuvarâjas also make their appearance during
this period, namely, Tribhuvanapâla, first son of Dharmapála and Râjya pála,
son of Devapâla. These two latter were undoubtedly heirs-apparent but
history does not tell whether they ever got an opportunity to rule.
IIis date and the
probable iden-
tification of
his patron.
Regarding Abhinanda, it has already been pointed out that he is referred
to by Soddhala the author of the Udayasundarikatha who flourished early in the
11th. century. Bhojadeva in his Sarasvatihanthabharaṇa and S'rigâraprakasa
quotes extensively from the Râmacarita; so also Mahima and Mammaṭabhaṭṭa
in their works, the Vyaktiviveka and the Kavyaprakasa. On the strength of these
quotations one may be tempted to hold that Abhinanda was the Court-poet of
Mahipala I, mentioned above who flourished between 972-1030 A. D. But this
can be disproved by the fact that Soḍḍhala in his chronology of famous poets of
ancient India beginning from Valmiki down to his own time places Abhinanda
1. Udayasundari Kathô pp. 2, 3, 157.
2. श्रीधर्मपालकुलकैरवकाननंन्दू राजा विलासकृतिपङ्काजनीविवस्वान् ।
सर्वाभिरामगुणपत्ररथ व्रजैकनीडद्रुमो विजयते युवराजदेवः ॥ Rámacarita P.
253.
सर्वारिवीरविजयप्रसृतप्रशस्तिः श्रीहारवर्षजगतीपतिरीक्षितो यैः ॥ XXVI
प्रतिनृपसुरमौलिरत्नराजीराचराचरप्रसवार्पिताङ्घ्रिपूजः ।
कृतसदृशनुतिर्महाकवीन्द्रैः जयति चिरं युवराजमेदिनीन्द्रः ॥ XXIX
निर्मत्सरः कविरपि प्रभुरण्यवामः कान्तोऽप्यरूढसुभगत्वमदप्रमीलः ।
अत्युग्रशौर्यरभसोऽयकठोरवादी पृथ्वीपतिर्जयति विक्रमशीलजन्मा ॥ XXIX
त्यागस्य पात्रमियमल्पतरा त्रिलोकी को विक्रमस्य कणिकामपि संसहेत ।
शास्त्राणि कानि सुबहून्यपि हारवर्षक्षोणीपतेरतिपटुप्रतिभागुणस्य ॥ XXXI.
Now let
us take up the question of the time of Abhinanda and Hâra-
varsa and make an attempt to identify the latter. The
testimony of Soddhala, as has been shown already, leads
us to believe that Abhinanda and his patron king Yuvarâja
were already famous in 1000 A. D. He actually compares
Abhinanda with such famous authors as Bâna and Kâlidása
who preceded him'. On the other hand, on the authority
of Abhinanda, we have to assign Hâravarşa to a period later than that
of Dharmapala the second king of the Pala Dynasty2. As Dharmapâla ruled
upto the first quarter of the 3th. century, this fixes the earliest limit for
the time of Abhinanda and Hâravarşa, while the latest limit of their time
is fixed by Soddhala (circa 1000 A. D.). During this time we find only four
names of kings in the Pâla Dynasty renowned for their valour and patronage
to Sanskrit learning. These are: 1 Deva pâla, 2 Vigrahapala, 3 Nārāyaṇa-
pala and 4 Mahipala I. Two Yuvarâjas also make their appearance during
this period, namely, Tribhuvanapâla, first son of Dharmapála and Râjya pála,
son of Devapâla. These two latter were undoubtedly heirs-apparent but
history does not tell whether they ever got an opportunity to rule.
IIis date and the
probable iden-
tification of
his patron.
Regarding Abhinanda, it has already been pointed out that he is referred
to by Soddhala the author of the Udayasundarikatha who flourished early in the
11th. century. Bhojadeva in his Sarasvatihanthabharaṇa and S'rigâraprakasa
quotes extensively from the Râmacarita; so also Mahima and Mammaṭabhaṭṭa
in their works, the Vyaktiviveka and the Kavyaprakasa. On the strength of these
quotations one may be tempted to hold that Abhinanda was the Court-poet of
Mahipala I, mentioned above who flourished between 972-1030 A. D. But this
can be disproved by the fact that Soḍḍhala in his chronology of famous poets of
ancient India beginning from Valmiki down to his own time places Abhinanda
1. Udayasundari Kathô pp. 2, 3, 157.
2. श्रीधर्मपालकुलकैरवकाननंन्दू राजा विलासकृतिपङ्काजनीविवस्वान् ।
सर्वाभिरामगुणपत्ररथ व्रजैकनीडद्रुमो विजयते युवराजदेवः ॥ Rámacarita P.
253.