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Potanayaka Vengalāmbā
=
S'urappa Divakara
The exact date of the birth and death of S'urappa
we do not know at present. But the following facts
give a clue. There are three inscriptions known to us
at present in which we find S'ūrappa and Sadāsiva as
the donors. Ins. 240 of 1904 is dated S'aka 1472;
No. 2 of 1905 is dated S'aka 1414; No. 391 of 1912 is
dated S'aka 1468. In other words we find that there
are inscriptions of S'urappa dated between A.D. 1492 and
1550. Mr. Rangachariar in his List of South Indian
Inscriptions observes that there is some inconsistency
between the various dates of Surappa. But it may be
easily proved that there is no discrepancy. Surappa
should have lived to a considerable age, probably till
about 1550. He was probably eighty or even eighty-
five about 1550. His age may therefore be fixed
Bhairava
between A.D. 1465 and 1550.
Ratnakheta Srinivasa Dīkṣita was the court-poet
of Surappa. In his Bhāvanāpurușottama we find
Srinivasa referring to Surappa as his patron. In a
manuscript of the Bhavanapuruṣottama we find the
following verse:
सर्वधारिसमे मीनमासे राकातिथाविदम् ।
उत्तर रविदिने समाप्तं नाटकं परम् ॥
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P. 4. Introduction to the Kamalinīkalahaṁsa
Potanayaka Vengalāmbā
=
S'urappa Divakara
The exact date of the birth and death of S'urappa
we do not know at present. But the following facts
give a clue. There are three inscriptions known to us
at present in which we find S'ūrappa and Sadāsiva as
the donors. Ins. 240 of 1904 is dated S'aka 1472;
No. 2 of 1905 is dated S'aka 1414; No. 391 of 1912 is
dated S'aka 1468. In other words we find that there
are inscriptions of S'urappa dated between A.D. 1492 and
1550. Mr. Rangachariar in his List of South Indian
Inscriptions observes that there is some inconsistency
between the various dates of Surappa. But it may be
easily proved that there is no discrepancy. Surappa
should have lived to a considerable age, probably till
about 1550. He was probably eighty or even eighty-
five about 1550. His age may therefore be fixed
Bhairava
between A.D. 1465 and 1550.
Ratnakheta Srinivasa Dīkṣita was the court-poet
of Surappa. In his Bhāvanāpurușottama we find
Srinivasa referring to Surappa as his patron. In a
manuscript of the Bhavanapuruṣottama we find the
following verse:
सर्वधारिसमे मीनमासे राकातिथाविदम् ।
उत्तर रविदिने समाप्तं नाटकं परम् ॥
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P. 4. Introduction to the Kamalinīkalahaṁsa