रामचरितम् /29
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supplement was not from the pen of Abhinanda himself. As the edition of
this portion is based on one single Ms the text is not free from numerous
imperfections. The 40th sarga in this supplement is, however, praiseworthy
this being the best amongst the last four sargas though unfortunately it is
incomplete.
Second Supplement.
The second supplement is attributed to one Bhîmakavi in the colophons
of all the four Sargas and the verse occuring at the end of
every chapter praising the poet's own style also proves the
same fact. This Bhîmakavi belonged to the Kâyastha family
and was the son of one Mahaṁ Śrî Devapāla[^1]. No Ms
excepting the one <error>bolonging</error><fix>belonging</fix> to the MSS collection of the Oriental Institute,
Baroda, contains this version of this supplement. It is possible, therefore, that
the author Bhîma may have quite conceivably belonged to <error>Guzarat</error><fix>Gujarat</fix>. Though
the original place of the Kâyastha community is Bengal and North India, the
members of that community must have migrated to Gujarat as early as the
10th. century; and this is proved by the fact that the other Kâyastha
poet Soddhala, the author of the Udayasundarìkathâ, who flourished in the
courts of Końkaṇa kings was born in Gujarat. This supplement has used a
much inferior style as compared to the original poem of Abhinanda or even
the first supplement referred to before, though the author seems to be ever
too proud of his style as evidenced by his declarations in the last verse at the
end of all the four cantos contained in the supplement.
[^1.] Vide Oolophon of the fourth Sarga.
this portion is based on one single Ms the text is not free from numerous
imperfections. The 40th sarga in this supplement is, however, praiseworthy
this being the best amongst the last four sargas though unfortunately it is
incomplete.
Second Supplement.
The second supplement is attributed to one Bhîmakavi in the colophons
of all the four Sargas and the verse occuring at the end of
every chapter praising the poet's own style also proves the
same fact. This Bhîmakavi belonged to the Kâyastha family
and was the son of one Mahaṁ Śrî Devapāla[^1]. No Ms
excepting the one <error>bolonging</error><fix>belonging</fix> to the MSS collection of the Oriental Institute,
Baroda, contains this version of this supplement. It is possible, therefore, that
the author Bhîma may have quite conceivably belonged to <error>Guzarat</error><fix>Gujarat</fix>. Though
the original place of the Kâyastha community is Bengal and North India, the
members of that community must have migrated to Gujarat as early as the
10th. century; and this is proved by the fact that the other Kâyastha
poet Soddhala, the author of the Udayasundarìkathâ, who flourished in the
courts of Końkaṇa kings was born in Gujarat. This supplement has used a
much inferior style as compared to the original poem of Abhinanda or even
the first supplement referred to before, though the author seems to be ever
too proud of his style as evidenced by his declarations in the last verse at the
end of all the four cantos contained in the supplement.
[^1.] Vide Oolophon of the fourth Sarga.