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dhava) is said to have attended the court of Sarvajňu
Şingama Nayudu.
Thus we see that the renowned author of Rasarṇava-
sudhakara or Şingabhupaliya could not have been a con-
temporary of Sri-Vêdântâcharya, who lived only up to
1369 A.C. Professor Şeshagiri Sastriyar's identification
in question is therefore untenable.
It now remains to be seen who might be the Prince,
Singappu Nayak referred to in the tradition. For this
purpose it is necessary to examine the following pedigree
of Simba-Bhupala as detailed in the introductory chapter
of Rasárṇavasudhakara: ---
*This author is said to have written also a commentary on
Sarngadeva's Sangitaratnakara. Professor Bhandarkar (in his
Early History of the Dekkan, 1895, p. 112) says that this commen-
tary
is "attributed to a king of the name of Singa who is represen-
ted as a paramount sovereign of the Andhra circle," and adds that
"this Singa appears in all likelihood to be Singhana" (the Yadava
king of Devagiri). I doubt very much the correctness of this sur-
mise. The colophon at the end of Rasárnavasudhikara reads thus:-
इति श्रीमदान्ध्रमही मण्डलाधीश्वर प्रतिगण्डभैरव श्रीयन पोतनरेन्द्रनन्दन
भुजबलभीम श्रीशिङ्गभूपालविरचिते रसार्णवसुधाकरनाम्नि नाट्यालङ्कार -
शास्त्रे -
Şingama Nayudu.
Thus we see that the renowned author of Rasarṇava-
sudhakara or Şingabhupaliya could not have been a con-
temporary of Sri-Vêdântâcharya, who lived only up to
1369 A.C. Professor Şeshagiri Sastriyar's identification
in question is therefore untenable.
It now remains to be seen who might be the Prince,
Singappu Nayak referred to in the tradition. For this
purpose it is necessary to examine the following pedigree
of Simba-Bhupala as detailed in the introductory chapter
of Rasárṇavasudhakara: ---
*This author is said to have written also a commentary on
Sarngadeva's Sangitaratnakara. Professor Bhandarkar (in his
Early History of the Dekkan, 1895, p. 112) says that this commen-
tary
is "attributed to a king of the name of Singa who is represen-
ted as a paramount sovereign of the Andhra circle," and adds that
"this Singa appears in all likelihood to be Singhana" (the Yadava
king of Devagiri). I doubt very much the correctness of this sur-
mise. The colophon at the end of Rasárnavasudhikara reads thus:-
इति श्रीमदान्ध्रमही मण्डलाधीश्वर प्रतिगण्डभैरव श्रीयन पोतनरेन्द्रनन्दन
भुजबलभीम श्रीशिङ्गभूपालविरचिते रसार्णवसुधाकरनाम्नि नाट्यालङ्कार -
शास्त्रे -