सुभाषितनीवी /14

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<p lang="en">X
 
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<p lang="sa">Further in the commentary Ratnapetika, we meet

as applied to this Prince
 
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<p lang="sa">with the epithet
 
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<p lang="sa">If this be correct, we are led to suppose that Rajamundry

was under the authority of the Venkatagiri Rajas at the

time of composition of the Subhashitanivi. This poem

cannot in that case he later than 1340 A.C., as the Reddi

rulers took possession of the country about that year.

Considering, however, the style and matter of the work, I

am inclined to place it between 1310 A.C. and 1320 A.C.

The poem (fat), small as it is, is a masterpiece

of didactical composition, and deserves to become a com-

mon quotation. The author'&apos;s main object here is to in-
culcate moral and philosophical ideas in one and the same

culcate moral and philosophical ideas in one and the same
stanza by paronomasia () or allegory (¾¶). The

style is dignified and the ideas are sublime, though in one

or two places the descriptions may not seem quite suited

to the taste of a fastidious critic. The author is generally

fond of the Panchali style though there is a tendency

at times towards the Gaudi. The case with which

our poet introduces the reader to philosophical maxims is
 
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<p lang="sa">$In the Rasarnavasudhakara it is said that their kingdom

extended from the Vindhya to Srisaila (in Karnul),with Rajachalam

as capital.
 
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